links for 2011-03-18

break the barriers between editors of old and new media, print and digital, general interest and specialized publications, free and paid business models, profit and non-profit organizations, international and local media outlets;

It is a reflection of the changing online landscape and the advent of social media that we feel the time is now right to move on from Have Your Say.

This process is essentially about us online focusing more now on encouraging discussion around our content itself, rather than looking to host or manage a community.

There is way this problem could be overcome using the revenue outturn(RO) and capital outturn(COR) forms that local authorities supply to the Department of Communities and Local Government. The revenue outturn shows all spending on the day-to-day running of services and the capital outturn shows spending on new construction, land, extensions or and alterations to existing buildings and the purchase of new physical things like machinery, vehicles etc. The sum of the RO and COR is given below and shows us a complete picture of council spending and the money back.

I would argue the UK has a lot to learn from the USA’s hyperlocal scene. (That’s why I’m so interested in Seattle’s hyperlocalists.) Martin Moore of Media Standards Trust sums up fairly succinctly how US local news experimentation is “leagues ahead” of the UK in this post published last month. So while the UK should be proud of its thriving grassroots hyperlocal media movement, it should also be keen to learn from people in other places “throwing spaghetti at the wall” to see which bits stick.

"Advertising revenues are growing as the public responds. We are employing a representative and are finding that the concept is being favourably received as news of the sites spreads."

The content is drawn from a variety of sources, tagged with keywords, plotted on a map for visual clarity and keywords are tracked over time. Everything is captured – the good, the bad and the ugly. Too often the loudest few get all the attention. One of the key ambitions of Hyp3rlocal is to source a balanced landscape of opinion, giving equal space to the evangelists, moderates and critics on any given subject.