Author Archives: Phil

We’ve secured £11,000 for Lichfield radio & history projects!

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Phil

Last night I attended a meeting of Lichfield District Council’s Cabinet. One of the items under discussion was the allocation of section 106 funding. Section 106 funding is money secured from developers when they carry out large scale developments withing … Continue reading →

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How to add recent FixMyStreet reports to your hyperlocal site

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Phil

Yesterday, we added a widget showing recent reports from FixMyStreet to Lichfield Live. Here’s how you can do the same on your WordPress site. Go to FixMyStreet and search for your area When the list of reports loads, click on … Continue reading →

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How to add recent FixMyTransport reports to your hyperlocal site

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Phil

Yesterday, we added a widget showing recent reports from FixMyTransport to Lichfield Live. Here’s how you can do the same on your WordPress site. Go to FixMyTransport, click on “issues near you” and search for your area When the list of reports … Continue reading →

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Lichfield Live mentioned in review of hyperlocal media

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Phil

Our flagship project, Lichfield Live, has been mentioned in a review of the hyperlocal media landscape. Here and Now is a review conducted for NESTA by Damian Radcliffe who has long tracked the sector whilst working at Ofcom. It’s very … Continue reading →

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6,000 articles comprising 1,718,309 words written by 74 contributors over 34 months

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Phil

Lichfield motorbike club event set to mark military deaths in Afghanistan was the 6,000 article published on Lichfield Live since the very first way back in January 2009 (then The Lichfield Blog, of course). Having a slight fascination with statistics I … Continue reading →

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From Contributor to Comedian (almost)

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Phil

We rely heavily on volunteers and so when one flees the nest and goes on to greater things we feel kinda proud. One such contributor is Ben Lowe, who wrote a number of articles for Lichfield Live from 2009-2011. He … Continue reading →

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Renaming The Lichfield Blog

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Phil

Today I finally pushed the button on a long overdue name change for The Lichfield Blog. It’s now called Lichfield Live. It’s a big change, especially having built up a following over the past two and a half years. But for … Continue reading →

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Introducing Lichfield Community Media

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Phil

Hopefully you’re aware of The Lichfield Blog, a leading hyperlocal news site covering the residents and businesses of Lichfield District. The success of The Lichfield Blog (TLB) led to the creation of Lichfield Community Media (LCM), an umbrella organisation which … Continue reading →

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