I think I might have become a fan of the Big Society. Not because I think it’s brilliant (although at least some bits of it do make sense), but because it’s incredibly difficult to describe. Things that are difficult to describe make life tricky for journalists and commentators (let alone civil servants and junior ministers) [...]
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The big society is a bit like… [add your thoughts here]
Posted by Andrew Brightwell on February 17, 2011
http://andrewbrightwell.com/blog/silly-stuff/the-big-society-is-a-bit-like-add-your-thoughts-here/
If anyone else talks about paywalls I’m going to punch them
No industry can be as self important as the newspaper business. OK, maybe TV. And, I suppose, if politics is a business (which it all to frequently appears to be) then that deserves a mention, too. But journalism – a trade designed to make a mountain out of a molehill – has a habit of [...]
Posted by Andrew Brightwell on January 29, 2010
http://andrewbrightwell.com/blog/online-journalism/if-anyone-else-talks-about-paywalls-im-going-to-punch-them/
Will disco dads save the local newspaper business?
Roger Green is one of the most important men in local online journalism in Britain. As the boss of Newsquest‘s digital division, he’s the head honcho for more than 150 newspaper websites up and down the country. Remarkably, however, Roger isn’t too enamoured with all the fuss about clever-clever technologies and is more than a [...]
Posted by Andrew Brightwell on December 10, 2009
http://andrewbrightwell.com/blog/online-journalism/will-disco-dads-save-the-local-newspaper-business/
A hyperlocal news service for Brum
As part of my studies for an MA in Online Journalism at Birmingham City University I’m involved in a new project to run a hyperlocal news site for Birmingham. Ahh. So here we go. I’m going to try to explain our idea in 150 words… Imagine a website for central Birmingham. You go to the [...]
Posted by Andrew Brightwell on August 25, 2009
http://andrewbrightwell.com/blog/online-journalism/hello-world/