[okfn-coord] Meeting Alice Taylor of Channel 4 re: WDMMG

Tue Dec 1 20:02:07 UTC 2009

I think this sounds excellent!

My feeling is WDMMG - if done properly - should be highly accessible
to teens. I.e. it should cut through jargon and explain what kinds of
things money is spent in a way that anyone could understand. This
would be a great challenge, and I'd really like to try out things like
using pictograms to represent budget categories - supplemented with
easy breakdowns, etc.

I think we should get back to her saying we're interested - and find
out more about what she wants in a proposal. Becky: would you be able
to do this (and I can follow up, if necessary?)...

Jonathan

On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Becky Hogge <becky.hogge at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jonathan
>
> Thanks for asking :)
>
> Rufus - have you sent a thank you note to Alice yet? If not, I'll send
> one tomorrow.
>
> For the benefit of the group, Alice seemed interested in what WDMMG
> was trying to achieve and keen to find ways to get her unit involved.
> They haven't "done" politics yet in terms of commissioning for teens
> (that's what Alice does at Ch4) and I left the meeting with the
> impression that successfully engaging teens in political issues is a
> kind of holy grail which is ours to quest for, if we want to.
>
> Her commissioning budget for 2010 is all used up, but she does have
> some budget for development. What that means is that we could come
> back to her with a proposal for how we might develop WDMMG into a
> media offering that would then be commissioned for 2011. That means
> Ch4 could help fund anything from data gathering to sessions where we
> brainstorm how to develop WDMMG so it appeals to Alice's core audience
> of teens.
>
> I propose to send a quick note to Alice thanking her tomorrow, and
> letting her know we'll be back in touch with such a proposal
> forthwith.
>
> All the best
>
> Becky
>
>
>
> 2009/12/1 Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>:
>> Becky, Rufus,
>>
>> Just wondering how your meeting with Channel 4 went? I understand from
>> Rufus that they may be interested in doing some work with Where Does
>> My Money Go? Is there anything we need to do to follow this up?
>>
>> It would be great to get an update!
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
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