The document discusses community television and local media online. It notes examples of low-budget, high-quality local video projects on platforms like YouTube. It recognizes that traditional regional media is struggling and that the internet is perceived negatively by some in traditional media. However, the document argues that grassroots online media can provide reliable local news and information without subsidies. It proposes that public service news values of truth, serving the public interest, and impartiality can be brought to local video and news online in a low-cost way through projects like LocalMe.

1. alt.local.tv What if you started with the internet? Local Television in the West Midlands AWM Priestly Wharf 18 September 2009 William Perrin Talk About Local William Perrin TAL

4. 50 films on Kings Cross

5. YouTube – embedded in Typepad blog

6. Budget £10 a year for URL

7. 2007 proof of concept only

9. Grim prognosis for trad. regional media

11. Bob maxwell Citizen kane Pluralism, plurality – ensuring many voices in the media for a healthy democracy ‘The priority for the Government is to focus on what is essential, and for most people it is news. ‘ DCMS news con doc

12. Trad. media has low perception of internet debate and comment ‘The only people who read such illiterate ‘local’ online rubbish are the halfwits who spend the wee small hours writing such tosh and railing against the unfairness of life, instead of going out and getting one’ Holdthefrontpage.co.uk Johnson press website

13. ‘Local websites of all shapes and sizes are providing community news and information to hundreds of thousands of people.....grass roots media can provide an accurate, reliable, popular sources of news and information without regulation or subsidy. Their news values and thresholds are new, reflecting grass roots interests and priorities.’ Digital Britain report

14. (unfair) Internet perception of traditional public service TV budgets

16. low budget

17. high quality

18. back to basicsDogme manifesto Clerks Breaking The Waves – Lars Von Trier Clerks – Kevin Smith

19. Tough to get public service TV costs down Legacy cost bases Pensions Unionised work force Legal and process Regulation Legacy methods of production 50yo technology Expensive hardware Production values fetish BBC sets high floor

20. Public service news values are an editorial, cultural and business decision, not magic Can we bring these values to video and other news on the web? Truth and accuracy We strive to be accurate and establish the truth of what has happened. Accuracy is more important than speed and it is often more than a question of getting the facts right. We will weigh all relevant facts and information to get at the truth. Our output will be well sourced, based on sound evidence, thoroughly tested and presented in clear, precise language. We will be honest and open about what we don't know and avoid unfounded speculation. News values Serving the public interest We seek to report stories of significance. We will be vigorous in driving to the heart of the story and well informed when explaining it. Our specialist expertise will bring authority and analysis to the complex world in which we live. We will ask searching questions of those who hold public office and provide a comprehensive forum for public debate. Impartiality & diversity of opinion We strive to be fair and open minded and reflect all significant strands of opinion by exploring the range and conflict of views. We will be objective and even handed in our approach to a subject. We will provide professional judgments where appropriate, but we will never promote a particular view on controversial matters of public policy or political or industrial controversy

21. Local PSN Manifesto Fair Truthful Proportionate Provocative Playful Local Low cost Not boring Not evil

22. http://localme.org.uk/static

23. http://localme.org.uk/static