“A minidisc on the Mersey and a blogging salmon”

Doing new media with very little moneyKate Fox, New Media Manager

Mersey Basin Campaign

• Water quality

• Waterside regeneration

• Community engagement

Blogging basics

• Choose a blogging platform you’re comfortable with• Train your bloggers

• Get connected – on www.technorati.com- Through blogroll

- With local bloggers• Write your content

• Keep going!

Hosted by www.blogger.com (FREE)

Hosted by www.typepad.com (£7 per month)

Sammy the Salmon’s Mersey Baton Relay

Green team 2CV

www.travellingfishy.com (FREE)

www.riverthatchangedtheworld.com

•Showcased at venues along the Mersey, including the Albert Dock, Ellesmere Port Boat Museum, Sale Waterside Arts Centre, and Stockport Art Gallery

•Broadcast on BBC Radio Merseyside

•Enabled interview slots on BBC Radio Merseyside and BBC Manchester, as well as participation in Tenantspin internet TV project

•Led to exposure on Griff Rhys Jones’ Rivers

•Adopted by National Museums Liverpool to form part of the content for the brand-new Museum of Liverpool

Mersey: The river that changed the world

• Choose the right interviewee for the job• Plan your approach

• Take stock of the surroundings• Record for the edit

• Check and double-check that recording has worked• Keep hold of your raw audio

• Think about transcription• Edit efficiently

• Extra resources: community radio training /• http://www.bbctraining.com/radio.asp

• Do your project for yourselves

Thank youKate Fox

New Media ManagerMersey Basin Campaign

k.fox@merseybasin.org.uk