18 Doughty Street has a new website this afternoon. It's not 100% finished - there'll be additional features rolling out over the coming fortnight - but it's a major improvement on the previous version. The new site is overviewed here (in text form) and by me here (in video form). The Talk TV section is much easier to navigate and there are two new sections - one dedicated to news and another to campaigning.
The Campaigns HQ section will produce a short political commercial each and every week. The focus will be on issues neglected by the mainstream parties. The ads will launch at 11am every Tuesday lunchtime and the first on tax will be launched virally next week. The second campaign focuses on the possibility of still more state funding of political parties. The innovative characteristic of these weekly campaign commercials will be the democratic, blog-led way in which they are designed. That process is described here and you can submit your ideas for the first campaign here.
I've always enjoyed the mix of debate and presentational style on 18 Doughty Street these past few months, so I should look forward to the new venture. Politics for the internet generation must be seen as a challenge, and there is an audience out there to reach to!
Posted by: Curly | January 23, 2007 at 15:29
Nice site! Looking at the Russian dolls in the News Agenda graphic... was the similarity between Vladimir Putin and Andrew Marr deliberate? At first sight I thought you were bigging-up Mr Marr!
Posted by: Valedictoryan | January 23, 2007 at 15:59
The new site is much easier to use than the one it replaces, this will no doubt help to boost the already growing audience who tune into 18DS every night.
Posted by: Ross Cowling | January 24, 2007 at 02:54