Local News

‘Being local these days is not just being a one-way flow of information.’

‘When high-tech’s central institutions blew up, people asked many of the same questions I hear asked by journalists today.’

These sites ‘provide a depth of coverage of microscopic issues and events that thinly stretched traditional newsrooms simply can’t get to.’

‘The currency common to these assignments was the thread of local connections stretching from Indiana to overseas and back in news stories we broadcast.’

New media—and new ‘newsroom’ arrangements—combine to make local coverage of environmental issues compelling and personal.

‘… we need to demonstrate in our pages and on our Web site that local journalism does not mean insular, shallow content.’

‘… stories conveyed a definite point of view, and the voice we used shared our perspective throughout their telling.’

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

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

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.