by Lauren Indvik EveryBlock, a hyperlocal news site acquired by msnbc.com in August 2009, unveiled a new version Monday designed to encourage conversation and collaboration among neighbors. “We’re shifting from a one-way newsfeed to more of a community-empowered website,” says EveryBlock founder Adrian Holovaty. “Instead of going to the site to passively consume information, we’re going to [...]

By Tom Rosenstiel and Amy Mitchell of the Project for Excellence in Journalism By several measures, the state of the American news media improved in 2010. After two dreadful years, most sectors of the industry saw revenue begin to recover. With some notable exceptions, cutbacks in newsrooms eased. And while still more talk than action, [...]

by Erik Sass One of the big promises of the digital age was that journalism would be transformed by an army of amateur videographers – namely, all of us regular citizens – who might just happen to be nearby when something important goes down. And it’s true this kind of user-generate content has provided some pretty [...]

(The Buzzmachine) The New York Times is about to announce that it is starting a hyperlocal product called The Local working with our students at CUNY’s Graduate School of Journalism. PaidContent has the story early. So I’ll tell you about the school’s and my involvement and plans. Read more…

De Krant: Het wordt nooit meer zoals het was Is lokaal nieuws onmisbaar? Jazeker: veel mensen willen weten waar die rookwolken gister vandaan kwamen, of er een nieuwe weg door hun achtertuin wordt aangelegd, wie er overleden is, wat de aanbiedingen bij de Aldi zijn, welke tandarts weekenddienst heeft en wat voor weer het wordt… [...]

Reluctantly, A Daily Stops It’s Presses, Living Online With print revenue down and online revenue growing, newspaper executives are anticipating the day when big city dailies and national papers will abandon their print versions. That day has arrived in … more