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K. Paul Mallasch on local journalism

Started by mathewi · 1 year ago

After my recent posts on hyper-local journalism as well as NowPublic and the failure of Backfence, I got some comments from K. Paul Mallasch, a former Gannett journalist who runs a small, local “citizen journalism” or “networked journalism” site ... Continue reading »

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  • I stop by MFP every morning. I appreciate the opportunity kpaul gives to third party views and news. The site just keeps getting better.
    Thanks for checking it out.
  • Mathew,

    you may want to check out something that my friend Jeff Potter is doing in W. Mass with the Shelburne Falls Independent:

    http://www.sfindependent.net/site/site07/home.p...

    We have lots of connectivity problems out in W. Mass--lots of people still stuck on dial-up. So, Jeff puts out a weekly print paper as well as a website. He's an amazing guy and I think really understands the people of his hyper-local area.
  • I've been watching MFP's growth over the last year. We're trying to learn how to push more "citizen journalism" in our part of Indiana. Both of you are helping to shape our approach...thanks and keep up the great work.

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