Came through my door this morning. How much does it cost to produce this glossy full-colour magazine and why are the council still publishing it while cutting day centres and other essential services? An paying someone to deliver it house to house.
If they must publish something, Hackney council produce a smaller newspaper-style one, presumably cheaper, which actually has a lot more local community information in it and not just council good news propaganda.
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I note that the Council claims,
Residents rate Haringey People highly
We know from independent research that it is the source most often used and most preferred by residents to obtain information about the council and is rated more highly than all the local newspapers combined.
This was confirmed in a readers’ poll, where 87% of respondents said the magazine is a useful way of keeping them informed about the council.
Does anyone believe this?!
This was part of a pitch to advertisers. It appears that few advertisers take HP seriously. In the current edition – 32 pages in full colour – it appears that perhaps half a page is a paid for advertisement. Last month there was a whole page ad.
Clive, they get it. They've heard it from you; they've heard it from other people on HoL. The critique is accurate. Take it as given.
Then do what FPR suggests. Download and look through the latest edition. Then, for a few moments, forget the critique - a very well-deserved criticism of the Council for Party Propaganda.
Turn the thing upside-down. Instead consider what 'stories' - the "narratives" - they are constructing. And why?
And that percentage? Just forget it. A percentage of an unknown number remains an unknown number. I've used that quote several times to point out the absurdity of some or other Council claim.
If HP is less propagandist now that is a good thing; however the main objection is that it is largely unnecessary.
It's especially extravagant when the Council prioritises cuts to public services, over cuts to their house magazine that sometimes features full-page stories about employees and articles that tell the credulous how well the local authority is doing and that everything is rosy.
Sometimes its forgotten that the Local Authority exists to provide services to the public who pay for them.
There are several ways the costs could be reduced; one suggestion I heard recently was that the Council could take out paid-for advertising of say one, two or even three pages in the local (real) press for the relatively small amount of HP that contains genuine information:
e.g. 'From your Council ...'
This would be far less expensive. It would have the added benefit of supporting the local press when it is under pressure.
This could be one of several steps to make Council Communications better fit the real needs of today.
To Alan, Clive, Hugh, Liz et al:
78 months later, I still maintain that Eddie Finnegan is a racist, politically biased b-st--d who should be blackballed from any self-respecting social website. HOL moderators are obviously fellow-travellers in that they ignored my repeated appeals to reason and their own house rules.
Old-Age-Emporium
Where did you get the figure of £100K, FPR? That's a lot of money! I'd vote for maintaining basic services, such as daycare centres that give respite to people like my neighbour, who is the carer for her elderly mother with dementia. She probably saves the council masses by taking on that responsibility, but doing it day and night without a break is physically and emotionally exhausting.
I agree that the scale of it sounds huge, but would try to avoid speculating on the actual production costs without knowing for sure what systems are in place. However if HC refuse to be transparent about how much it does actually cost then they can hardly complain when people do pull large figures out of the air...
the upkeep budget hasn't been factored into the equation
JJB that's long been my concern about the revamp of Green Lanes. Let's get the basics right first ...
They are fooling some people, JJ. With vague promises of "building stronger".
Haringey "leaders" are now like Milo Minderbinder in Joseph Heller's Catch-22. Especially now they're contracting with the enemy to destroy their own side. Occupying schools; demolishing residents' homes and businesses.
Our job is to try to rewrite the end of Joseph Heller's account of Milo's almost ending. (chapter 24).
"This time Milo had gone too far. Bombing his own men and planes was more than even the most phlegmatic observer could stomach, and it looked like the end for him. … Milo was all washed up until he opened his books to the public and disclosed the tremendous profit he had made."
Frankly even if it cost a fraction of that amount it's still a total waste of money! There are so many better ways that money could be spent in a borough like ours. It really says a lot about our council if they can cut useful services or things that visibly improve our area to produce something as trivial and wasteful as Haringey People
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