SubscribeLocal is what local covers
December 23, 2008 at 7:44 p.m.
Following up on my last post, I started listing in my head all the places and non-places my local newspaper, like every paper I've read or worked for, covers. Here's a partial list for a few news organizations:
The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, CA):
Places:
- Santa Rosa
- Rohnert Park
- Petaluma (bureau)
- Sebastopol
- Winsdor
- Healdsburg
- Graton
- Guerneville
- Ukiah (bureau)
- Lake County
- Mendocino County
- Occasional ventures into Napa, Marin and San Francisco
Non-places:
- Sonoma State University (just outside Rohnert Park)
- Santa Rosa Junior College (in Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park and Petaluma)
The Fremont Argus
Places:
- Fremont
- Newark
- Union City
- Niles ...
Geotagging: News here, now (or there, then)
October 31, 2008 at 11:57 p.m.
In a comment on yesterday's post about making news easy to find and easy to share, Alex reminds me that he and I have had this conversation before. Now that I think about it, we've had this conversation a lot, especially about finding relevant news based on location.
And about this time last year you and I worked out a way to do this. Well, the skeleton of one. It can be built, but UI is important, and location’s not going to happen unless Geotagging is made easy, and no one’s going to use it unless ...
