These are my links for August 19th through August 22nd: Ernest Marples: the first month – Harry Metcalfe – “Scores of people have sent us messages of support. I’ve even been hugged.” Open Plaques – “Open Plaques is a service that aims to find and provide data about all the ‘plaques’ (often blue and round) …
Stuff I've seen from August 16th to August 18th
These are my links for August 16th through to August 18th: Lancashire County Council – Homepage – “Welcome to our new website. To find what you are looking for, use the search box below. If you are interested in the featured campaign, follow the link in the right-hand box.” Neat – I think I like …
Paid for newspaper content, blogs and search.
Tom Harris, MP is musing about how newspapers charging for online content will effect bloggers: a staple of political blogging is the external link to a news site. Guido has his “Seen Elsewhere” widget and almost all of the PoliticsHome homepage is links to features and news articles in the dailies. What happens after all …
A quick link about Help Me Investigate, collaboration and journalism
Journalism.co.uk :: Help Me Investigate: How working collaboratively can benefit journalists – Birmingham Post reporter Tom Scotney reflects on the first story he wrote as a result of working with Help Me Investigate (I’m one of three people behind the site): “what’s most important when working like this is to recognise that you’re part of …