Hi All, As you know the Open Knowledge Foundation runs a fantastic blog<http://blog.okfn.org/> that aims to cover both the activities of the Open Knowledge Foundation and report on the most interesting developments in the world of open content and data.
We've recently re-designed the blog and have had fantastic articles, interviews and comment pieces about a diversity of issues around open knowledge and the digital commons. We have already established a strong following and quality articles posted on our blog are constantly being cited and re-used by other organisations including the mainstream press. There is, however, much room for improvement. The Open Knowledge blog will only be able to become one of the central points of reference for developments in and around the digital commons *if*the whole community is involved in the curation and production of its content. The OKFN Blog editors (myself and Theo Middleton) want your help getting pieces on: 1. *Major developments taking place in projects or Working Groups*. If something really interesting has taken place within your project or Working Group that a wider audience would want to know about, let us know! Even if you don't have a blog piece ready, ping [email protected] - we can often whip a brief piece up for you and publicise your work to our whole network. Often projects or Working Groups post fantastic material on their own websites but it never gets pushed out via the main blog. If you let us know about your own posts, we can cross-post them to the main blog (ultimately driving more traffic your way); 2. *Feature length interviews or guest blog posts from open knowledge heros, organisations or projects making a difference* - if you know of an organisation or person making waves in this scene who we should ask to contribute to the blog or to interview - let us know on [email protected]! 3. *Open knowledge news that you've picked up via your channels*. If there's a breaking story on Twitter about a new open data initiative or a huge data release, drop us a quick note so that we can cover it in a brief update on the blog. If you have any queries at all about how the blog works and what can be published on it, feel free to drop us a line. Looking forward to hearing from all of you in the coming weeks about your projects and any other cool stuff you've spotted! Cheers, OKFN Blog Team -- Sam Leon Community Coordinator Open Knowledge Foundation http://okfn.org/ Skype: samedleon
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