From the monthly archives:

February 2010

Ignorance over local bloggers prevents community getting to news that matters

February 25, 2010

VentnorBlog, the well-established Isle of Wight news blog, found itself thrown out of a coroner’s court on Tuesday. Coroner officer Richard Leedham told Simon Perry of the VentnorBlog, who is a member of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and who has been writing VB for over four years, that the coroner did not wish [...]

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Future of News West Midlands Round-up

February 9, 2010

Last night saw the first Future of News West Midlands meetup take place at Birmingham City University’s Perry Barr campus. We started off with a quick introduction before Andrew Brightwell gave a short talk on his background and his involvement in new hyperlocal project, Grounds. Andrew told us how Grounds was the result of a [...]

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West Midlands Future of News Group

February 2, 2010

The first ever meeting of the West Midlands branch of the Future of News group will be held at Birmingham City University on Monday February 8 at 6.45pm. Inspired by the Future of News group in London, organised by Adam Westbrook, WM FON has been set up to discuss how new approaches can help to [...]

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