Emma Maier
London
Emma Maier is editor of LGC. She was previously deputy editor of social workers' magazine Community Care, where she led the Stand Up Now for Social Work campaign to improve media portrayals and public perceptions of the profession. Before that she deputy edited Third Sector, the news magazine for voluntary sector chief executives.
During her time as a freelancer writer, Emma wrote for a diverse range of magazines, from Health Service Journal to Woman&Home. She has also worked in the charity sector as deputy editor of Voluntary Sector, the magazine of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations. She is the co-author of a book titled "The Good Giving Guide: A supporter's guide to charities and campaigning".
Emma has a special interest in online journalism, and tweets at twitter.com/emmamaier.
Recent activity
Blog Posts (7)
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Help crowdsource a Twitter guide for council people
With its strange jargon, and @ and #, Twitter might be seen as exclusive, and many local government people are nervous about joining up. So I’m asking those who tweet to help put together a guide for their peers.
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All change at the top
In the past seven working days there have been no fewer than ten job announcements at senior level. Who are they and what does it mean?
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A crowdsourced person spec for future chiefs
What skills and attributes will the chiefs and senior officers of tomorrow require? I asked local government people on Twitter to help compile a list
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DCLG must play fair with figures
The department has criticised LGC’s coverage of its latest spending data. Read my response
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DCLG cuts
I wrote about the spending cuts facing DCLG and local government for the House magazine last November. I thought I’d share my (now slightly historic) piece.
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Comment on: Johnson leads tributes to Sir Simon Milton
“Local government has lost someone very influential; he was a class act and will be missed hugely. It was always a great pleasure to work with him and those of us who did at Essex were very sad to hear the news of him dying so young.” Cllr Peter Martin, leader Essex CC
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Comment on: Johnson leads tributes to Sir Simon Milton
"Sir Simon Milton was certainly the best Leader that Westminster City Council has ever had and he was the most formidable political opponent. He understood local government, he was an expert political manager and it was no surprise when he was asked to organise Boris Johnson's Mayoral office in 2008. His death will leave a big hole in London government. We send our sincere condolences to Robert Davis and the rest of Simon's family." Councillor Paul Dimoldenberg, Leader of the Labour Group, Westminster City Council
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Comment on: Six chiefs mulling mayoral bids
Sure our eagle-eyed readers spotted that this story was, in fact, our April Fool. Thanks to those who commented on Twitter - our favourites below: @ChairSolace Love the LGC story on CEs as Mayors. Very suitable date too..... @LocalLeadership RT @ajrhayman EXCLUSIVE at least 6 #localgov CXs planning to resign their posts to become elected mayors http://bit.ly/fGQWJF *free < hee :) @johnbarradell Priceless ... RT @DanDrillsma: Chief executives in city councils mulling mayoral bids - http://tinyurl.com/3tjsfuw @danielratchford Daniel Ratchford Nice one, @lgcplus! ;) http://bit.ly/ifuxHi. Six #localgov chief execs to resign and run for mayor @johnshewell I saw that and had to chuckle! @johnbarradell: Priceless @DanDrillsma: city councils mulling mayoral bids - http://tinyurl.com/3tjsfuw
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Comment on: DCLG must play fair with figures
UPDATE 10/02/2011, 17.30: DCLG has provided the following response to our query about the definition of 'excess fares': "The civil service definition of excess fares is not the same as the rail companies. In the civil service it means meeting the additional travel costs of staff who take a on a detached duty i.e. a long-term posting away from their normal place of work." This appears to be a good example of how providing data withour contextual explanation can lead to misinformation. I confess that I haven't done a scientific poll, but I should imagine that the majority of the public are more familiar with the rail companies' defnition than that of the civil service. We await responses on further points and will keep you updated.
