Guardian Government Computing: Scottish Boundary Commission to publish shapefiles of constituency boundaries
Thursday, 22 September 2011, 11:15
"The Boundary Commission for Scotland (BCS) has said it will publish shapefiles of its initial proposals for constituencies after the Boundary Commission for England (BCE) was criticised for not doing so."
The Drum: Newsquest (Herald & Evening Times) to introduce online subscription model
Thursday, 25 August 2011, 11:41
"Newsquest (Herald & Times) will take a ‘quality over quantity’ approach as it moves away from targeting unique users and build on a returning online audience. … a subscription platform is expected to be introduced across online content …
allmediascotland: Subscriber Success for New News Website
Monday, 15 November 2010, 12:25
"A local news website has picked up 3000 subscribers in just a matter of months – and is making revenue despite having no online display advertising. … [Eastwoodmercury.co.uk] caters for the middle-class Glasgow suburbs of Newton Mearns, Clarkston and Giffnock and is the brainchild of Tom McConigley, editorial manager of Clyde and Forth Media."
MurderMap: London Homicide Reported Direct from The Old Bailey
Monday, 13 September 2010, 16:52
"The Murder Map project aims to create the first ever comprehensive picture of homicide in the modern city. On its completion, our online database will contain details of every murder and manslaughter committed in London from the crimes of Jack the Ripper to the present day. It is based on our unique archive of homicide cases – the product of thousands of hours spent by skilled and dedicated crime reporters in the courtrooms of the Old Bailey."
allmediascotland: FOI requests first for north-east council
Monday, 8 March 2010, 18:42
"A local authority in the north-east of Scotland has become the first local authority in Scotland to publicise details of who is making Freedom of Information requests from it – with an estimated 40 per cent coming from the media."
Independent: Former editor of ‘Scotsman’ website set to launch paper
Wednesday, 6 January 2010, 08:28
"[Stewart Kirkpatrick] A former editor of The Scotsman's website is set to launch a 'heavyweight' online newspaper within weeks as he strives to prove there is a future for quality journalism north of the Border."
allmediascotland: I’m Launching a New Newspaper
Wednesday, 6 January 2010, 08:26
Stewart Kirkpatrick: "In the next few weeks, I will be launching a new Scottish newspaper. … there is a substantial gap in the market. There is room – in fact, a desperate need – for an online, heavyweight publication committed to quality journalism. Scotland needs an intelligent title that uses the internet, not fights against it."
Sunday Times: It’s not all bad news for Scotland’s defiant papers
Sunday, 6 December 2009, 11:55
"Last month, the UK Government urged Scottish councils to go back to advertising jobs in local newspapers as well as on their own websites. Scotland Office ministers say local authorities may be excluding up to 40 per cent of the country by shifting the vast majority of their job adverts and public notices online, thereby breaching their duty to reach the whole population."
Your Right to Know: Hidden High Court Injunctions
Saturday, 17 October 2009, 09:53
Heather Brooke: "It is bad enough that superinjunctions exist at all, but it is absolutely appalling that there are not even records kept of how often they are used. Pressure needs to be put on the High Court to record these occasions, and make the details public as a matter of urgency."
paidContent:UK: The Time Must Finally Be Now For Grassroots Media
Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 15:23
Patrick Smith: "The relaunched Evening Standard still offers very little on a local, district level online. In a city made up of inter-connected but often distinct boroughs, it surely makes sense to offer Londoners something relevant to the specific areas they live in. The Standard should become an umbrella for local blogs and news start-ups—a platform for local people to write news about their area."
Guardian: Sign up for Metropolitan Lines
Saturday, 23 May 2009, 12:57
"Sign up for our new London email, Metropolitan Lines, written by the Guardian's London blogger, Dave Hill."
SeattlePI.com: Former UW student shakes up British government
Thursday, 21 May 2009, 22:07
"If the British tabloids knew about the sex-advice column Heather Brooke wrote for the University of Washington Daily nearly two decades ago they might run with it as a salacious news item. … But that information hasn't reached them, it seems, and Brooke has proven to an entire nation she is a journalist of another ilk. In doing so, the former Seattleite has shaken up the British parliamentary leadership and perhaps changed forever the relationship between the British press and the House of Commons."
Your Right To Know: The latest ruse from Speaker Martin and his cronies
Thursday, 14 May 2009, 07:29
Heather Brooke: "I’ve noticed a new excuse being used by Speaker Michael Martin and the House of Commons authorities when dealing with freedom of information requests. They are now using the section 34 exemption of ‘parliamentary privilege’ – which is an absolute exemption against which there is no public interest test."
Roy Greenslade: London Evening Standard says sorry to its readers
Monday, 4 May 2009, 09:13
"Buses and tubes will carry a series of messages throughout the week that begin with the word "sorry." The first says "Sorry for losing touch". Subsequent slogans say sorry for being negative, for taking you for granted, for being complacent and for being predictable."
