A Press for the Planet: Journalism in the face of the Environmental Crisis
Jo Lodge, Westminster City Council
1. Vision
“The E&P corporate BI team’s aim is to drive the use of data to support decision
making at all levels of the Council. We want Westminster to become data led,
using insights from data to positively drive our ability to define new business
processes, transform and thrive.”
2. Golden Thread of Information
Leader
Chief Exec
Executive
Management
Team
Directorate Senior
Management Teams
Service Senior Management Teams
Service Areas
6. Informed Decisions – E.g. Impact of Night Tube and Neighbourhood
Working and Licensed Premises
7. University Collaborations
5 Dissertations
• Understanding the impact of the Night Tube on Westminster’s Night Economy
• Introducing night-time market(s) to boost London's economy
• Understanding The Factors Affecting the Spatial Variation of Sports Participation
in Westminster.
• Maintaining a social and pleasant urban night: the spatial, temporal and
seasonal patterns of public service delivery in WCC
• Understanding the Changes in Visitor Behaviour Effect brought about by the
Implementation of the Night Tube Service
8. Hackathon - CUSP
The Centre for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP), which is based at New
York University, organised the event, gathering their brightest and best data
science students, who were joined by others from King’s College London and
the University of Warwick. Westminster City Council supplied exclusive night-
time economy data to understand better how cities work.
9. Hackathon - CUSP
“Westminster City Council want
to better understand how
people are using the West End
at night, what their
expectations and experiences
are and how the night time
economy impacts on services”
10. Next Steps...
• Incorporate service into new Council transformation programmes
• Move to new technology platform to meet the growing demand
• Review team structure and support network
• Data Audit
• Complete the golden thread for City Management and Communities
and expand to other directorates
• Make data and analysis available to the public – open data project
