For anyone interested in social inclusion and online participation, this is an exciting initiative. Go and have a look!

Let me take this opportunity to tell my friends in Northern Ireland that I didn’t design the site though….

Bill Thompson thinks that it was cooked up in a smoke-free room, more like.

Along with the OfCOM Public Service Broadcasting review, published recently, these issues are of huge importance.

I say all of this as a prelude to urging you to visit Charlie Beckett’s excellent Polis blog where you can find an ongoing discussion of journalism – what it’s values need to be and how it can remain sustainable in a changing economy.