Tag Archives: hyperlocal

There’s no such thing as free content and other lessons for hyperlocal journalism

By Julie Starr | Published: November 7, 2010
From Pekka Pekkala on the Online Journalism Review blog comes a top 10 list of lessons for hyperlocal journalism. Here are three but I recommend reading them all. 1. Successful doesn’t mean beautiful Take a look at the award-winning WestSeattleBlog.com. The design is pretty much out-of-the-box WordPress. Instead of fancy graphics, WSB has concentrated on more important [...]
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Link wrap: hyperlocal network, value of readers

By Julie Starr | Published: September 8, 2009
Can anyone tap the $100bn potential of hyperlocal news? From a piece by Michael Gluckstadt on FastCompany comes this interesting idea that the New York Times might licence its hyperlocal platform, Local, to bloggers and freelances in other towns. The third aspect of the Local’s strategy reveals where the Times sees the most opportunity. If [...]
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Lack of links one reason for lukewarm
hyperlocal experiment

By Julie Starr | Published: July 20, 2008
For those keeping an eye on the success or otherwise of hyperlocal websites, this is worth a read. It's a Wall Street Journal piece about the less-than-stellar debut of a Washington Post hyperlocal site called LoudounExtra.com.
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The future is local

By Julie Starr | Published: June 20, 2008
Interesting to see that US blogsite Huffington Post is branching out into local news (via ReadWriteWeb).
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Breaking news: car stalled on Kahekili Highway

By Julie Starr | Published: March 13, 2008
I've signed up for Twitter reports from the police department in Hawaii. No particular reason, just because I could. And because I thought it'd be interesting to see how Twitter might work for hyperlocal news services. Anyway, I'm finding the Hawaii police reports strangely comforting. They are almost always traffic incidents and so far wonderfully benign.
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