[cma-l] Website and news round-up 19/12/08

Fri Dec 19 16:25:06 GMT 2008

Dear Colleagues

Season's Greetings to you all from the Community Media Association.

Below is our website round-up of the week and Twitter feed summary.
About 30 new people have followed the CMA Twitter feed this past week
and the 'elves' have been working hard to bring you a bumper round-up
of news from the 'Twitterverse'.

Website:
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Only two major stories this week on our website in the end of year
wind-down (and Radio 1812 was a re-post):

Digital Radio Working Group Report
http://www.commedia.org.uk/2008/12/19/digital-radio-working-group-report/

Celebrate International Migrants Day and Join the Radio 1812 Event!
http://www.commedia.org.uk/2008/12/17/celebrate-international-migrants-day-and-join-the-radio-1812-event/

We know that there is likely to be some hot debate around the DRWG
report published today and so we invite all commentators to submit
their feedback to the website Comments space and broadcast your views
to the world:

http://www.commedia.org.uk/2008/12/19/digital-radio-working-group-report/#comments

Twitter:
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You will note below that we have now taken to using hashtags in our
Twitter posts.  Hashtags are a community-driven convention that add
additional context and metadata to Twitter posts.  Hashtags make it
easier to search for keywords using Twitter search
(http://search.twitter.com/).

If you decide to use Twitter yourself then try to mark your posts with
the following hashtags to make them easier for other community media
practitioners to find: #communitymedia, #communityradio, #communitytv.

Another convention is to 'Retweet' - to post somebody else's message
again.  We have retweeted a post from The Berkman Center for Internet
& Society (RT @berkmancenter) below.

Do follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/community_media - last
seven days' 'tweets' below:

Philip Rutnam to leave #Ofcom Board: http://tr.im/2gp5 about 4 hours ago

Ofcom publishes its December Media Literacy e-bulletin and Review of
Ofcom's Media Literacy programme 2004-08: http://tr.im/2gn5 about 5
hours ago

#DCMS Digital Radio Working Group recommends that UK could be ready to
migrate to digital radio as early as 2017: http://tr.im/2gmv about 5
hours ago

AMARC Europe #communitymedia conference in Bucharest, Romania, 12-14
December 2008 reports back: http://tr.im/2gmn about 5 hours ago

#BBC social radio research projects such as Radio Pop and Olinda
explained: http://tr.im/2fub about 19 hours ago

"Whatever your first priority, whether it's women's rights or saving
wildlife, your second priority must be media reform":
http://tr.im/2ftr about 19 hours ago

Gain the competitive edge with some high priority training from
Skillset TV Freelance Fund, #communitytv: http://tr.im/2ff7 about 23
hours ago

RT @berkmancenter Media Re:public: "News and Information as Digital
Media Come of Age" now available, #communitymedia: http://tr.im/2fdt
about 24 hours ago

CommunityHelpers contains over 60 articles written by experts who
continually update and add new content: http://tr.im/2f4u 11:40 AM
yesterday

Catalan Government announces support for #communitymedia and commits
to recognise not-for-profit media by 2010: http://tr.im/2f44 11:03 AM
yesterday

Ofcom publishes statement on making regulations for the geographic
interleaved awards covering Cardiff and Manchester: http://tr.im/2f3z
10:52 AM yesterday

Celebrate UN International Migrants Day (http://tr.im/2f34) on 18/12
with Radio 1812 #communityradio: http://www.radio1812.net 10:15 AM
yesterday

Volunteer #communityradio stations in Wales are a hit according to an
independent evaluation report: http://tr.im/2ehz 10:11 PM Dec 17th

Gravity FM #communityradio in Grantham, UK went live this week on
97.2FM: http://tr.im/2eh3 10:03 PM Dec 17th

Deutsche Welle and BBC launches Europe-wide next-generation digital
platform DRM Channel - UK stuck with old school #DAB:
http://tr.im/2ecd 8:42 PM Dec 17th

New Arts Grants Scheme starts in Northern Ireland: http://tr.im/2ec3
8:35 PM Dec 17th

Radio 1812 on London Link #communityradio to celebrate International
Migrants' Day on Thursday 18th December 2008: http://tr.im/2e90 8:08
PM Dec 17th

£12m to encourage Scottish 3rd sector to become more financially
sustainable will open to applications early next year:
http://tr.im/2e8s 7:39 PM Dec 17th

Ofcom Update - Dr Colette Bowe has been chosen to replace David Currie
as Chairman of Ofcom: http://tr.im/2e7t 7:24 PM Dec 17th

Communities Secretary Hazel Blears says Govt needs to take fresh look
at way councils communicate with their communities: http://tr.im/2dx3
4:22 PM Dec 17th

Community radio is saving local dialects in Uttar Pradesh:
http://tr.im/2dn4 12:24 PM Dec 17th

Crescent Community Radio in Rochdale, UK
(http://www.crescentradio.net/) appoints new programming manager:
http://tr.im/2dn0 12:22 PM Dec 17th

Ofcom publishes Digital Television progress report for Q3 2008:
http://tr.im/2dml 12:02 PM Dec 17th

Linda Fabiani MSP says "The Scottish Government recognises the
valuable contribution that community media can make...":
http://tr.im/2cuu 9:32 PM Dec 16th

Re-visioning Television - Policy, Strategy and Models for Sustainable
Development of Community Television in South Africa: http://tr.im/2cqz
8:28 PM Dec 16th

Canalside Community Radio 102.8 FM (http://www.ccr-fm.co.uk/) is now
broadcasting live to listeners in NE Cheshire: http://tr.im/2cpi 8:05
PM Dec 16th

Community media produce 'common goods' characterised by developing
relationships, learning, new ideas & self-expression:
http://tr.im/2col 7:53 PM Dec 16th

Is It Worth It? An ROI Calculator for Social Network Campaigns:
http://tr.im/2cnp 7:32 PM Dec 16th

Dame Liz Forgan confimed as chair of Arts Council England:
http://tr.im/2cmj 7:16 PM Dec 16th

ALT Conference 2009 (ALT-C 2009) - online system now open 4 the
submission of abstracts & full research papers: http://tr.im/2cje 6:22
PM Dec 16th

Anne McGuire MP, Cabinet Office Advisor on Third Sector Innovation
speaks at Social Innovation Conference in Beijing: http://tr.im/2chm
5:49 PM Dec 16th

Ofcom publishes quarterly update on its Annual Plan programme of work
for 2008/9: http://tr.im/2c38 12:58 PM Dec 16th

DCLG has made it easier to change Councils' leadership structure and
increase community control of local authorities: http://tr.im/2c2y
12:49 PM Dec 16th

Lifelong Learning UK begins collecting workforce data for work-based
learning and adult and community learning providers: http://tr.im/2c2v
12:45 PM Dec 16th

Lifelong Learning UK seeks Associates to design and deliver products &
services in community learning and development: http://tr.im/2c2o
12:43 PM Dec 16th

Community radio is now being used to usher in social activism in
Bihar, India: http://tr.im/2bgg 10:33 PM Dec 15th

AMARC-WIN campaign for 16 days of activism against gender violence in
the media & end violence against women - archives: http://tr.im/2bfw
10:26 PM Dec 15th

Ofcom 2 auction localised Freeview spectrum in Cardiff & Manchester in
Feb, creating potential 4 community TV in UK: http://tr.im/2bfi 10:19
PM Dec 15th

Dame Liz Forgan will be first woman to chair Arts Council and will
replace incumbent Sir Christopher Frayling in February:
http://tr.im/2bcn 9:26 PM Dec 15th

World Economic Forum launches social media initiative:
http://tr.im/2bcl 9:24 PM Dec 15th

The Daily Telegraph: "Car crisis is latest blow to digital radio ahead
of 2020 switchover": http://tr.im/2bb1 9:01 PM Dec 15th

UK Culture Minister Andy Burnham acknowledges role of community radio
in supporting UK music industry: http://tr.im/27sx 9:02 PM Dec 12th

Kane FM in Guildford, Surrey raises funds in push for five-year
community radio licence: http://tr.im/27rj 8:47 PM Dec 12th

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