Comments on: Seattle P-I Launches Neighborhood Blogs; Bloggers React

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:17:16 +0000

I think partnerships between newspapers and hyperlocal blogs are an inevitable evolution in the ability of the media to fully serve smaller neighborhoods. There are benefits for both the blogger in increasing distribution and synergies with other neighborhood writers being grouped. For the newspaper – it allows them to serve the local market more effectively down to the neighborhood level. You can almost wonder at what level the news becomes ineffective entirely to service – a block; 4 blocks — the interweb makes many things possible. Hyperlocal blogging is here to stay.

By: Brook Ellingwood

Brook Ellingwood — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:20:39 +0000

The Seattle Times has just announced partnerships with existing neighborhood blogs. Did the P-I create the future of journalism by driving grassroots neighborhood journalists into the arms of its competition?

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009743640_webnewspartners26m.html

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Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:34:16 +0000

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By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:51:12 +0000

I think the great thing here is that hyper-local blogging is percolating in various venues and iterations. It IS empowering people to get involved and will become a chronicle of daily life.

Think 50-100 years in the future as to how researchers will mine all of this to understand society as it exists today. These will become the archives of a world that once was.

The exciting thing for people my age who have passed the half-century mark is that you can see and feel the similarities and differences of neighborhoods and how information was passed around now v. then. . .

The P-I, I’m guessing, wasn’t trying to usurp local blogs, BUT – to the degree that advertising supports blogs that are journalistically driven, it is a competitor but, at some point, could find that purchasing the West Seattle Blog’s assets for a premium may be worth it to them, as an example.

In the meantime, let the neighborhood voices sort themselves out with comments, photos and news of the day!

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:08:24 +0000

Speaking of neighborhood blogs, there’s a complete solution tied to neighborhoods specifically that gives them their own blogs. Local communications that allow neighbors to seek out content relevant to their neighborhood through the web is only becoming more prevelant.

Neighborino.com offers site news, calendar events, and more to support this effort of enhancing neighborhood communication. Really complements these sites well to help grow the conversation.