Emma has a wonderful overview of the November legislative change on libel process in, I believe, England & Wales. The following in particular is interesting – it seems that if you are a one-person hyperlocal band, the legislation will not affect you, but if you receive contributions from another or more, then you will: Court rules are changing to make it “even easier” for people … Continue reading maybe #hyperlocal needs more one-person bands …?
I’m currently enrolled on and enjoying this community journalism MOOC from Cardiff University/Future Learn. It’s a useful introduction to and development of the kind of toe-stubbing exercise I’m exploring over at chester.website. There’s a Twitter chat shortly via the hashtag #FutureLearnAsks – I don’t know whether this is an all-purpose hashtag or specifically for this course, but if you’re interested some time down the line in … Continue reading a checklist for community journalism and #hyperlocal environments
The following article has just come my way on Twitter. It describes the fusion or not between publisher on the one hand and platform on the other – or, as some dreadful soul has seen fit to describe the combo, “platisher”. Its penultimate paragraph expresses beautifully the dilemma: Does your company want to change the world by making the tool everyone uses — or would you … Continue reading “platisher” – horrible word, fascinating dilemma
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