Comments on: Breaking the monopoly that civil servants have in describing government http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/2009/09/08/breaking-the-monopoly-that-civil-servants-have-in-describing-government/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Promoting innovation and a conversational local politics Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:42:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Paul Evans http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/2009/09/08/breaking-the-monopoly-that-civil-servants-have-in-describing-government/comment-page-1/#comment-520 Paul Evans Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:16:04 +0000 http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/?p=1551#comment-520 I know what you mean Nick - all of these things are relative though. Birmingham are pretty bad at engaging with citizen journalists - but not as bad as all of the others. Simply by holding a lot of their material on social media channels, they're encouraging others to re-use in a way that cedes some control. I think we're a long way off any council really encouraging projects like yours. I know what you mean Nick – all of these things are relative though. Birmingham are pretty bad at engaging with citizen journalists – but not as bad as all of the others.

Simply by holding a lot of their material on social media channels, they’re encouraging others to re-use in a way that cedes some control.

I think we’re a long way off any council really encouraging projects like yours.

]]> By: Nick Booth http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/2009/09/08/breaking-the-monopoly-that-civil-servants-have-in-describing-government/comment-page-1/#comment-516 Nick Booth Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:41:27 +0000 http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/?p=1551#comment-516 Hi Paul, Have I missed something with the Birmingham site? Certainly using social media tools does encourage a conversation, but is the council actively encouraging citizens journalism? We find it very ambivalent about the citizens journalism that happens at Help me Investigate. Hi Paul,

Have I missed something with the Birmingham site? Certainly using social media tools does encourage a conversation, but is the council actively encouraging citizens journalism? We find it very ambivalent about the citizens journalism that happens at Help me Investigate.

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