Citizen's helping citizens: citizen-sourcing the news

Citizen-self-sourcing is taking hold among Hamilton’s twitter community. Increasingly, citizens are connecting each other to information such as details about power outages, traffic incidents, and police-related activity. [blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/Gumshoe/statuses/199469337436884992″ [http://twitter.com/Gumshoe/statuses/199469337436884992%E2%80%B3]] This is great for civic…

Citizen's helping citizens: citizen-sourcing the news

Citizen-self-sourcing is taking hold among Hamilton’s twitter community. Increasingly, citizens are connecting each other to information such as details about power outages, traffic incidents, and police-related activity. [blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/Gumshoe/statuses/199469337436884992″ [http://twitter.com/Gumshoe/statuses/199469337436884992%E2%80%B3]] This is great for civic…

Responsive gets response

This Friday round-up [http://www.mediabistro.com/10000words/roundup-wapos-digital-revenue-drops-globes-online-audience-grows-nyt-lays-off-employees_b12966#more-12966] is important because it shows a trend that is not going away. *WaPo’s *digital revenue is down. Do they have anything special that people want to buy? NYTimes is laid off some more non-newsroom staff. The Boston Globe‘…

Demolition Permit for Hamilton's Board of Education building

The City of Hamilton released a copy of the building permit allowing demolition of the iconic downtown Education Centre that will be replaced by a McMaster University medical education building. The City declined to release the demolition plans as submitted to receive the permit. The City states it requires a…

Demolition Permit for Hamilton's Board of Education building

The City of Hamilton released a copy of the building permit allowing demolition of the iconic downtown Education Centre that will be replaced by a McMaster University medical education building. The City declined to release the demolition plans as submitted to receive the permit. The City states it requires a…

Leaked: "Accountability and Transparency Sub-Committee" agenda

Hamilton’s “accountability and transparency sub-committee” meets Tuesday and, thanks for to a source, a copy of the sub-committee’s agenda was leaked. The sub-committee’s to-do list includes consideration of legal advice on the proposed bylaw gagging [http://raisethehammer.org/article/1567] citizens who file complaints with the integrity…

Leaked: "Accountability and Transparency Sub-Committee" agenda

Hamilton’s “accountability and transparency sub-committee” meets Tuesday and, thanks for to a source, a copy of the sub-committee’s agenda was leaked. The sub-committee’s to-do list includes consideration of legal advice on the proposed bylaw gagging [http://raisethehammer.org/article/1567] citizens who file complaints with the integrity…