James Thornett The views and opinions expressed here are my own and not those of the BBC, my employer.
Posts Tagged ‘news’
Guardian Local due for 2010 launch
The Guardian have announced a move into the provision of local news on the web in 2010 with the launch of Guardian Local in three UK cities.Sarah Hartley, the Guardian local launch editor said: “While researching developments at the grassroots of community journalism, I’ve been impressed by the range and depth of coverage from local [...]
Using maps on news websites
Paul Bradshaw posted some thoughts yesterday on the use of maps on news websites, a subject often discussed on this blog. Most recent ‘highlights’ are discussed such as MPs expenses, although Mapumental from MySociety is not listed, nor is my favourite longstanding example of a local news map, the London SE1 News Map. There is [...]
Microsoft to partner with local newspapers for MSN Local News Map
Microsoft, through their MSN Local portal, are hoping to provide local news on a map, in partnership with local newspapers across the UK. Peter Bale, executive producer of MSN, said: “We are hoping to take feeds from local newspapers and tag every piece of information to a map. Hyper-local news online has never been more [...]
‘Kitemark’ could distinguish journalism from ‘web noise’
From Press Gazette:- A ‘digital kitemark’ to differentiate quality journalism from ‘the noise of the web’ should be introduced, according to a new report published this week. “A digital kitemark… would identify and differentiate professional journalism amidst the noise of the web,” the report says. In my experience websites are already pretty good at providing [...]
ITN puts news on the map
Following Trinity Mirror’s experiment with the Liverpool Echo, journalism.co.uk has reported on ITN’s use of Google Maps to provide users with geo-located news stories. The simple interface currently allows you to specify a minimum number of stories, a central location point and a time period over which you are interested in news content. Upon entering [...]
Huffington Post goes local
From Media Guardian article – Huffington Post starts local news push. The Huffington Post is planning to expand into local news across the US, founder Arianna Huffington said last night, beginning with a site edited for the community of Chicago. Huffington said the Chicago site would aggregate news, sports, crime, arts and business news from [...]
