http://staging.blog.biakelsey.com/index.php/2007/01/09/readers-comment-on-backfence-downsizing/ LOCAL MEDIA WATCH. The Nexus of All Things Local Mon, 01 Jun 2015 22:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.39 http://staging.blog.biakelsey.com/index.php/2007/01/09/readers-comment-on-backfence-downsizing/comment-page-1/#comment-2764 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-2764 Related to this is a Danny Westneat column I read recently in The Seattle Times. He argues in favor of professional hyper-local reporting at small papers (i.e. school box scores, police blotters, etc.). Though not very sexy, this can provide a point of differentiation and a local edge over online competition (aggregators, etc.). Steve Outing also has a recent list of recommendations to local newspapers, which underscores hyper local content. This is a side-note at best to the specific Backfence conversation at hand, but still interesting in the broader conversation of the value of hyperlocal content.

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