Polis summer school William Perrin hyperlocal

POLIS Summer School
8 July 2010
William Perrin - william@talkaboutlocal.org
Talk About Local (West Midlands) Ltd
http://talkaboutlocal.org/faq
William Perrin TAL

Abandoned cars and weekly arson
Bingfield Park, Rufford Street 2002
In front of my house
Pics – Mark Bailey

Stolen moped Grand Prixs c2002
Bingfield Park Kings Cross
Most Saturdays when Arsenal at home

The ‘Crackavan’
Rufford Street c2002

Got stuck in to traditional local action over several years........
Kings Cross Development Forum
Caledonian Ward Safer Neighbourhood Panel
West Area Planning Committee
Sparkplug Management Committee
Gifford, Rufford and Randells Residents Association
North King Cross Environmental Taskforce
‘Strategic plans’ - many
West Area Committee
CYP Management committee
....but found huge information burden mostly from council and local public services
We used the web to streamline all this
Team Cally
Planning Applications (dozens)

www.kingscrossenvironment.com
over 900 articles
Four volunteer writers – aged 40-65
Small number of authors
Campaigns, information, wildlife, events etc
Important part of wider regeneration – crime down, streets cleaner, public services more responsive

www.sheffieldforum.co.uk
discussion forum
4.1 million posts
100,000 registered users
Population Sheffield 450,000

Stoke-on-Trent www.pitsnpots.co.uk
Campaigning, challenging style
Reflects local frustration at political scene
3 writers, 30,000 comments on local politics
Drupal site
£25 a month
http://talkaboutlocal.org/faq/

www.digbeth.org
Digbeth gritty industrial area of South B’ham
Arts, events, positive stories
Digbeth is Good redefined image of Digbeth on line
Costs - £10/month
Wordpress blog
http://talkaboutlocal.org/faq/

Team of 5 people
400 pv a day
Thousands of articles
Village population 500
Wordpress.com
C£10/month

www.harringayonline.com
2,300 members
Harringay Town and Green Lanes
Chatty informal feel
Wide range of local issues
£15 month

http://Kingtonblackboard.org
UK online centre – Marches Access Point
Started August 2009 with TAL
Rural town life and news
Wordpress site

http://W14london.ning.com
Deprived area of West London
Started August 2009 – with TAL and local NDC
Local discussion and information
Nearly 200 members already
Ning.com site – cost £zero

First catch your local site...
http://openlylocal.com/hyperlocal_sites

BBC 25 February 2010
Talk about local site W14london.ning.com making the news

‘Local websites of all shapes and sizes are providing community news and information to hundreds of thousands of people.....grass roots media can provide an accurate, reliable, popular sources of news and information without regulation or subsidy. Their news values and thresholds are new, reflecting grass roots interests and priorities.’
Digital Britain report

Traditional media leaders are coming around to the vision of local sites improving neighbourhoods and holding politicians to account:
Alan Rusbridger, Cudlipp Lecture:
‘Depending on your point of view, you may find that vision of new ways of connecting and informing communities inspiring or terrifying. I think it is both – but it is a useful starting point to thinking about the value of journalism, in every sense of the word 'value'. And it is good to be forced to think at an even more basic level – about what journalism is and who can do it.’

Polis summer school William Perrin hyperlocal

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