Comments on: Tapping into citizen journalism http://pcmike.com/-2-2-2-2-2/tapping-into-citizen-journalism The latest in personal technology Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:46:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Kathleen Brade http://pcmike.com/-2-2-2-2-2/tapping-into-citizen-journalism#comment-547 Kathleen Brade Mon, 22 Aug 2005 19:45:33 +0000 http://pcmike.com/uncategorized/tapping-into-citizen-journalism#comment-547 I hope the definition of "local" is not limited by zip-code or the equivalent or that people will be restricted to one locale. For example, I'm interested in "local" news for my own community where I live but I'm also interested in news about the community where I grew up (past classmates, etc.). Another example is more of an affinity type group (for example, Firefox developers) which I think traditional media has done well to develop (I'm thinking of specialized magazines and newspapers like "Car & Driver" or "Ms."). I hope we don't throw away what works (in some cases) to get only location-based news. I hope the definition of “local” is not limited by zip-code or the equivalent or that people will be restricted to one locale. For example, I’m interested in “local” news for my own community where I live but I’m also interested in news about the community where I grew up (past classmates, etc.).

Another example is more of an affinity type group (for example, Firefox developers) which I think traditional media has done well to develop (I’m thinking of specialized magazines and newspapers like “Car & Driver” or “Ms.”).

I hope we don’t throw away what works (in some cases) to get only location-based news.

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