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‘Photo Vero’—A Modest Proposal

A photographer, worried about digital manipulation of images, suggests a way to protect the veracity of what the camera captures.

VillageSoup: A Community Host Model At Work

‘Finding a sustainable business model for interactive distribution of news and information is essential.’

Picking Up Where Newspapers Leave Off

A former investigative journalist launched an online local news Web site in Chicago.

A Front Page Dominated By Local News

Changes in how the Times Union’s newsroom functions drive the paper’s push of breaking local news to the Web, with more analysis on its printed pages.

Childhood Memories Kindle Hyperlocal Strategies

‘Trust me, this ain’t new. If anything, it’s old school local journalism.’

Readership Institute’s Newspaper Studies

RELATED ARTICLE“What Readers Mean When They Say They Want Local News”– Dean MillerMary Nesbitt is managing director of the Readership Institute at the Media Management Center and associate dean for…

What Readers Mean When They Say They Want Local News

‘Some journalists run toward these challenges; others react with resistance, fear and anger.’

Cutting Staff Results in Less Local Coverage

At a time when we’re trying to invent a new medium on the Web and with niche publications, getting rid of content creators—a.k.a. reporters, RELATED STORY“Stories About Me”– Bill Ostendorfphotographers…

The ‘Local-Local’ Strategy: Sense and Nonsense

‘There is broad logic behind it, but also a host of devilish details that could drag the effort down and once-vital newspapers along with it.’

Matching Ambition With Assignment

A newspaper editor reassesses how to tell stories and who will tell them as pressures to go local intensify.