http://www.hyperlocalweb.com Observations on community media in the Web 2.0 era by James Hatts Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:30:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A lot has been said about local-neighbourhood-hyperlocal-type-stuff over the past few weeks and I felt that I wanted to rejoin that conversation having neglected this blog for a shameful length of time. My own thinking about the possibilities for building stronger real-world communities using online tools has been stimulated by two ... http://www.hyperlocalweb.com/2008/10/19/rejoining-the-conversation/ The Heights Observer ... http://www.hyperlocalweb.com/2008/08/19/links-for-2008-08-19/ Three US local sites I enjoy looking at on a regular basis: Pegasus News - This site was recently acuuired by a broadcasting firm. A very sharp site. Edhat - I particularly like the banner/display ads on this site Loudoun Extra - fascinating watching the Washington Post hyperlocal experiment. One to watch. http://www.hyperlocalweb.com/2007/09/02/current-hyperlocal-favourites/ Sorry about the lack of posts here. My 'new term resolution' for the autumn is to post much more regularly here. http://www.hyperlocalweb.com/2007/09/02/normal-service-resumed/ Martin Stabe reports that Trinity Mirror is using of Moveable Type for its new Buckinghamshire Advertiser site. As I noted here previously TM is using Typepad for its postcode-based sites in the north of England. I'm still not convinced that a blogging platform is the right choice for a local paper's ... http://www.hyperlocalweb.com/2007/03/30/trinity-mirror-adopts-blogging-software-in-buckinghamshire/ Hounam Set To Launch Ultralocal News Magazines Across Scotland (from Sunday Herald) "A former Sunday Times journalist is set to launch a franchise micropublishing business that aims to be an antidote to the newspaper industry's plunging circulation and advertising figures." (tags: hyperlocal,ultralocal) http://www.hyperlocalweb.com/2007/03/05/links-for-2007-03-05/ I liked this post from Pegasus News about why they're one step up from hyperlocal: The term hyperlocal, referring to deep local neighborhood and niche coverage, has bothered me for some time. Since we've launched, it's occurred to me that there is nothing wrong with the term, per se -- but ... http://www.hyperlocalweb.com/2007/02/11/panlocal-or-hyperlocal/ KCNN: Citizen Media: Fad or the Future of News? (tags: citizenjournalism journalism onlinejournalism) http://www.hyperlocalweb.com/2007/02/07/links-for-2007-02-07/ Where News Consumption Is Heading "Offer and aggregate hyper-local and niche news, being guides to the best of what's going on outside their walls, and stop pretending to be oracles." - Dan Gillmor on what newspapers should do to survive. (tags: hyperlocal, dan gillmor) http://www.hyperlocalweb.com/2007/02/06/links-for-2007-02-06/ Boston.com Ties Hyperlocal, Local Search "Boston.com, for instance, is currently on a mission to make its onsite search more relevant at the hyperlocal level by optimizing all its news and features, while crawling local organization sites to come up with content that doesn’t typically come up (tags: hyperlocal, search) Are you killing your ... http://www.hyperlocalweb.com/2007/02/01/links-for-2007-02-01/