The brief: Connecting communities, not THAT Alex McLeish and local TV bidding opens
The latest collection of links on the media and journalism below, including a look at how one poor girl got mistake for another Alex McLeish, local TV under-starters orders and an interesting upcoming event in Manchester.
An interesting event taking place up at the BBC in MediaCity about how the mainstream media and community media can co-exist and collaborate. There's plenty of examples across the UK already but this event brings together academics, community bloggers and journalists/executives from big media companies operating in the local space - plus of course the BBC who are starting to change the way they work with hyperlocal sites. Will be a fascinating day no doubt for those involved in this area.
An amusing tale of mistaken Twitter identity, as poor @alxmclsh in Glasgow gets a barrage of tweets and some abuse after Aston Villa sacked Alex McLeish. Her tweet telling random guys to stop telling her she'd been fired made me chuckle. But just shows how easily the public can start picking up on something and not checking a very basic fact.
The starting gun has been fired for those who are bidding to be the local TV provider for 21 locations across the UK. Will be interesting to see how this pays out, there's some serious money behind this .