Here’s a sample of my best and most popular posts over the years:
The art of live-blogging | It’s becoming one of the most popular ways of doing journalism online, and after the fun of the Assembly elections and a trip to Wembley to see Swansea City win promotion to the Premier League I reflected on live-blogs and their value, and some tips on how to do them
Engaging a community: bunga bunga, potholes and paywalls | Post on the panel I was part of at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy about how news organisations can engage communities
Overturning a Section 39 order | How a joint effort from the newsroom helped us to overturn a Section 39 order stopping us reporting the name of a mother accused of killing her son
Tumblr could be the blogging platform for local media | I’ve started playing around with Tumblr and found it to be rather nifty, so thought about how – particularly on the feature desks – Tumblr could be a solution for blogging in local media
Legal challenges facing online journalists | After a law refresher session, some thoughts on how the web is changing the legal issues we face as journalists
Advice for student media editors | Going back to my time as editor of the student media at UCLan (Preston), thought I’d share a few tips for those starting out
Council documents tell stories, not just FOI requests | Exploring how good stories can be found in information that Council’s publish, not just hidden data from FOIs
Bullshit: Why you need to be covering Council meetings | Reflection on a story I got from a councillor calling a licensing application “bullshit” at a council meeting
Using google maps to make Council stories more interesting | A how-to on creating google maps to go in stories about planning, licensing stories
3.2.1 – launching a community website for Cardiff | A reflection on how the first weeks went in my new job and how we managed to built yourCardiff in a short space of time and make an impact.
The great news paywall debate, let’s give extra | My take on the gathering storm about newspapers putting paywalls on their websites
Local bloggers content starter kit | A quick guide for anyone who is thinking of setting up a hyperlocal blog and where to find content and use social media tools to help them find that content and build an audience.
Talk About Local unconference 2009: oatcakes, community media and hope | Report from the Talk About Local Unconference that took place in October 2009, gives you an overview of what happened. It was an inspiring event.
How I setup a community journalism blog for where I live | My reflections on starting up Blog Preston in the early days, but will give those who are starting out in the hyperlocal journalism world some hope. You can do it.
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