A flurry of hyperlocal news-related stories around the closing of Backfence have cropped up in the past couple of days and so I thought I might take of advantage midsummer lethargy to simply provide a wrap here.
Given that hyperlocal is the direction daily newspapers and their sites are supposed to be heading these days (or are they?) it’s always a topic of interest to journalists, both ‘citizen’ and traditional. And, anything that speaks of where the media is heading should automatically be of interest to those whose lifeblood is media relations.
Wary of the ‘flavor of the month’ with the future predictors of news, technology or media relations, I offer the news and views on the significance of Backfence’s demise with the proverbial grain of salt. So, here goes …
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Hat tip to The Editors Weblog for pointing me towards this one.
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Commentary from Cory Bergman, founder and editor of The Lost Remote in Seattle
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Duncan Riley at TechCrunch crunches the Backfence numbers.
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Jeff Jarvis of Buzzmachine.com and CUNY’s Grad J-School looks at the implications for local news.
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Dan Gillmor at the Center for Citizen Journalism says ‘hyperlocal’ is a misunderstood and perilous concept.
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