I’ve playing with the idea of launching a new site, a blog based site for people in and around Telford. Not to be mistaken for a news website, this will be driven by opinion, comment and discussion, written by the people in live in the Town and it’s surrounding area.
The aim is to have differing sections for things like local politics, arts/entertainment, sport, community activities and such like, in social-media-consultant terms this would be called a ‘hyper local blog‘, it’s not likely to to have a mass readership compared to something like the Guardian’s Comment is Free section, but I hope in time it could become a great place to read well written and informed pieces, discuss them in the comments section and submit articles for publication.
I don’t have a name yet, but I’m toying with a few in my head. Again, I’m open to ideas.
What do you think? Would you be prepared to write something?
UPDATE (26th Jan):
I’ve had lots of really positive feedback about this, lots of people would like contribute which is nice. To that end we now have a domain name and very soon a site. We also have a name TalkTelford and hope to launch the site very soon. For now if you’d like to get involved please drop an email to hello@talktelford.com and I’ll add you to the list!
@bigdaddymerk
I’m in. I especially like the idea of it not being a “news” site. We get enough of that. What we need is a forum for discussion and different points of view. I look forward to working with you.
Just call it ‘TF’, or something simple based on the postcode.
Good idea – happy to contribute but cannot guarantee how regular this will be. Hope you get a good response.
Mike
In answer to your question, yes. Don’t think I need to be more verbose than that right now