Tag Archives: Huddersfield Examiner

Why manners make a difference when reporting from social media

Posted on April 3, 2013 by

Social media has transformed the reporter’s ability to find out what is happening in real-time – but it’s also an information source which is prone to misuse. One of my biggest irritations in stories which are, at least in part, … Continue reading →

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FOI FRIDAY: Lost property, tobacco investments, repeat offenders and long ambulance waits

Posted on February 2, 2013 by

10 good examples of FOI in action from the local, regional and national media: The longest ambulance delays – Huddersfield Examiner Tony Blair – and politicians in general – may not be made keen on the Freedom of Information Act, … Continue reading →

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FOI Friday: Truancy figures done properly, the data protection FOI strikes gold again, and a greater focus on public transport crime

Posted on July 22, 2012 by

  10 good examples of FOI in action from the local, regional and national press: 1. The injuries caused to postmen by dogs – Wales On Sunday Dog bites postman may not be the most original story of all time … Continue reading →

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Going up, going down: The end of the of the football season in newspaper front pages

Posted on May 30, 2012 by

Nobody covers a football club quite like the local newspaper. The highs and the lows, the frustrations and the delights (with the sports desk normally being blamed for the former by readers, but rarely thanked for the latter). So it’s … Continue reading →

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Dodging the Freedom of Information Act: Why the Big Society poses a big threat to journalists

Posted on May 25, 2012 by

For as long as the Coalition have been in government, we’ve heard talk about the ‘Big Society’. In its broadest sense, it’s supposed to be about empowering communities to do things for themselves. Critics – public sector trade unions, for … Continue reading →

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The newspaper which quoted a blog which wrote about an advert in a newspaper (or: Did Amanda meet her man?)

Posted on May 6, 2012 by

Remember this from last week? It appeared on the front page of the Scunthorpe Telegraph. Clearly, Amanda was very keen to meet up with the friend of the fireman. But did it happen? The Scunthorpe Telegraph’s edition this week covered … Continue reading →

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Top 10 most read FOI posts of 2011

Posted on December 31, 2011 by

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to conversations on this blog during 2011, challenging, debating and informing my understanding of FOI and how it should be used by journalists. Here are the 10 FOI-related posts which generated the highest number … Continue reading →

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FOI Friday: Cyberslackers, free parking, cabbie complaints and olympic tickets

Posted on August 19, 2011 by

The civil servant ‘cyberslackers’ story goes regional   A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about an FOI request which made the pages of the Daily Telegraph concerning internet usages at the Department for Transport. Although the data released was of … Continue reading →

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FOI: More from Kirklees Council, where the council leader signs off FOI requests

Posted on July 24, 2011 by

Remember the Huddersfield Examiner’s great work in exposing the leader of Kirklees Council, who insists on signing off many FOI responses himself? In some cases, proposed responses drawn up by an FOI officer – the council’s expert – were altered … Continue reading →

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FOI Friday: Crumbling hospitals, pension funds, foreign patients and stolen monkeys

Posted on July 22, 2011 by

Crumbling hospitals (Press and Journal) The Press and Journal in Aberdeen reports on how it has forced the local NHS authority to reveal the maintainance backlog at hospitals and health centres in its area. The backlog was first reported last … Continue reading →

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