Archive for 'pressoffice'
WordPress to power new Press Assoc network?
The Press Association is the engine which powers the UK news machine. In effect it's a cooperative owned by the UK's regional and national newspapers. It has noticed that, as funds get tighter, its members have stopped reporting on local democracy - council meetings and the like. And it's working on a proposal to fill [...] read on »
Birmingham council: not all bad
Last week, I shared the general sense of shock around the blogs at news about Birmingham council's new website: 3.5 years late, and costing £2.8 million. But last night, to my great surprise, I came across BirminghamNewsroom.com - a WordPress-powered website for the council's press office, launched a couple of months back. It's based on [...] read on »
RSS usage on Whitehall's websites
How many central government websites offer RSS feeds these days? The good news is that of the 20 departments represented in the Cabinet, I could only find one that didn't. But it was a bit of a surprise to see how few offered 'full text' feeds, as opposed to 'summary only'. I visited each of [...] read on »
Scottish Sec Murphy to keep 'blogging'
Well, here's a first. Government press officers haven't been the most enthused by new media. I'm told that's changing, slowly but surely. But it's quite startling to see a press office announcing a blog which hasn't even been launched yet - and even better, syndicating the content via press release! Clearly the Scotland Office are [...] read on »
Govt comms: better, but years behind
Flicking across the news channels tonight, I bumped into recorded coverage of Wednesday's Lords Communications Committee. You had the BBC's Frank Gardner and Sky's Tim Marshall, plus a couple of other senior journalists, giving their frank opinions on the state of media, politics and government. I only caught the last few minutes; it looks like [...] read on »
Telegraph style guide: 2m forward, 1' back
Thanks to Shane at the Telegraph for highlighting the new Daily Telegraph style guide. Written (or more accurately, drafted?) by Simon Heffer, it's online now for consultation, prior to hard-copy publication in a few months. As you might expect it's a curious mix of the web-friendly and the conservative (with a small, and probably also [...] read on »
New Wales Office websites by Puffbox
We're exceptionally proud to unveil the latest Puffbox site: a new corporate website - or indeed, two - for the Wales Office. And as you'd probably expect from us, it's not just another government website. In late 2007, I was invited over to the Wales Office's Whitehall HQ. I hope they don't mind me saying, [...] read on »