Month: November 2009
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Tools for hyperlocals: OpenlyLocal WordPress plugin
I’m starting to develop a range of tools for hyperlocal sites, taking advantage of the extensibility of blogging platform, WordPress. My first effort is using the fantastic OpenlyLocal site and all the data provided in raw XML. So far, I’ve built the bare bones of the plugin, an admin page to select the local authority…
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If you run a hyperlocal, or you’re interested in #opendata, e-mail your MP about this
That this House calls on the Government to ensure that transport timetables for rail and bus operators are made freely available for re-use, using an open standards format, thus enabling voluntary and commercial organisations to publish the data on their own digital platforms. via edmi.parliament.uk This Early Day Motion (EDM) asks parliament to promote the…
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Court ruling could be good news for hyperlocal
Newsquest says the High Court judgement clarifies for the first time that newspaper websites hosting user-generated content are, subject to certain conditions, protected from liability. (holdthefrontpage) This is potentially very good for hyperlocals and community bloggers who are hosting comments. It suggests that we do have protection from defamatory statements. However, it’s still not crystal…
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Why I don’t think journalists need business skills
There’s tons of talk around hyperlocal and local media at the moment and some of it is about the kind of skills journalists need*. Not being a journalist, I’m looking at it from a business perspective. We have a good system with The Lichfield Blog. Ross is the journalist, that’s what he does – he…