{"id":542,"date":"2007-05-16T02:27:52","date_gmt":"2007-05-16T06:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/bloggers_provid"},"modified":"2007-05-16T02:27:52","modified_gmt":"2007-05-16T06:27:52","slug":"bloggers_provid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=542","title":{"rendered":"Bloggers provide Hyperlocal News in Floyd, VA and elsewhere"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Wikipedia we get this definition of Hyperlocal News<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

The term "hyperlocal" is sometimes used to refer to news coverage of community-level events usually overlooked by mainstream media outlets. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There is so much going on, even in a local neighborhood, that it is impossible for a newspaper to provide complete coverage of all of the events worth noting.<\/p>\n

\"Millerlusterset\"<\/a>In Floyd, our growing number of bloggers have barely scratched the surface in terms of covering the events that describe what is special about Floyd, Virginia. <\/p>\n

As much as I try, I can’t keep up with the activities I see every day that add meaning and joy to life in Floyd.<\/p>\n

For example, I was able to describe a wonderful meal by Natasha<\/a>, but I should have found time to describe the tasteful set of 1930’s Jazz stylings performed by Billy Miller and Chris Luster. <\/p>\n

\"Macjennyhouseconcert\"<\/a>
\nEarlier, I attended a memorable house concert by Mac and Jenny Traynham<\/a> who have just released a new CD. I was able to take photos, but I was unable to get time to write an article. Fortunately Fred First<\/a> was able to post an article, Good Time Had by All<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Even earlier, I became a spectator to Mara’s Birthday Party and Pants Signing, which happens only in places like Floyd.<\/p>\n

Colleen Redman was participating in the event and she nudged me into providing coverage by writing about my non-coverage in her blog<\/a>. There is no escape when other local bloggers write about your blogging habits.
\"Marasbirthday\"<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

These are the kind of events that make up the warp and woof of life in a small community. Many of them do get covered in the Floyd Press which does a fine job of providing local news, but some just fell under the radar before the advent of ubiquitous digital cameras and recorders and bloggers who found a purpose in capturing life as it happens.<\/p>\n

Most of Floyd’s bloggers cover a wide range of news, but there are a growing number of bloggers who are considered to be only hyperlocal.<\/p>\n

If you would like to see who they are, read past the jump:<\/p>\n

    <\/p>\n

These sites are from the Wikipedia article on Hyperlocal News<\/a>:    <\/p>\n

    * freshare.net – http:\/\/www.freshare.net, the Ozarks
\n    * Uppereast.com – http:\/\/www.uppereast.com, New York, NY
\n    * LocalsGuide – http:\/\/www.localsguide.com, Ashland, Oregon
\n    * Menifee Live – http:\/\/www.menifeelive.com, Menifee Valley, California
\n    * The Lakewood Observer – http:\/\/www.lakewoodobserver.com , Lakewood, Ohio
\n    * The Pocono Classifieds – http:\/\/poconoclassifieds.com , Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania
\n    * H2otown – http:\/\/h2otown.info\/ Watertown, Massachusetts
\n    * Northwest Voice – http:\/\/www.northwestvoice.com, Bakersfield, California
\n    * Bakotopia – http:\/\/www.bakotopia.com , Bakersfield, California
\n    * GoSkokie – http:\/\/www.goSkokie.com, Skokie, Illinois
\n    * MyMissourian – http:\/\/www.MyMissourian.com, Columbia, Missouri
\n    * Highway 278 – http:\/\/www.highway278.com\/, Dallas, GA
\n    * Edhat – http:\/\/www.edhat.com, Santa Barbara, CA
\n    * Buffalo Rising – http:\/\/www.buffalorising.com, Buffalo, NY
\n    * OlyBlog – http:\/\/olyblog.net\/, Olympia, Washington
\n    * Yorkville Guide – http:\/\/www.yorkvilleguide.ca\/, Yorkville, ON, Canada
\n    * Paulding.com – http:\/\/www.paulding.com, Dallas, GA – G. Patton La Pue reporting!
\n    * Muncie Free Press – http:\/\/www.munciefreepress.com, Muncie and East Central Indiana
\n    * KingstonSprings.org – http:\/\/kingstonsprings.org\/, Kingston Springs, Tennessee
\n    * LantanaLinks.com – http:\/\/www.lantanalinks.com\/, Denton County, Texas
\n    * Sticks of Fire — http:\/\/www.sticksoffire.com\/, Tampa, Florida
\n    * SCVTalk.com – http:\/\/www.scvtalk.com\/, Santa Clarita, California
\n    * The Bollard – http:\/\/www.thebollard.com\/, Portland, Maine
\n    * CreekSportsOnline – http:\/\/www.creeksportsonline.com\/, Beavercreek, Ohio<\/p>\n

\nWashington<\/p>\n

\n    * Malo Curlew News -http:\/\/bobshannon.org\/, Malo, Washington
\n    * Daily Record – http:\/\/www.mydailyrecord.com – Dunn, North Carolina
\n    * Palms\u2013Village Sun \u2014 http:\/\/www.PalmsVillageSun.info \u2014 Palms, Los Angeles, California
\n    * FrontBurner – http:\/\/www.dmagazine.frontburner.com – Dallas, Texas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Wikipedia we get this definition of Hyperlocal News<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

The term "hyperlocal" is sometimes used to refer to news coverage of community-level events usually overlooked by mainstream media outlets. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There is so much going on, even in a local neighborhood, that it is impossible for a newspaper to provide complete coverage of all of the events worth noting.<\/p>\n

\"Millerlusterset\"<\/a>In Floyd, our growing number of bloggers have barely scratched the surface in terms of covering the events that describe what is special about Floyd, Virginia. <\/p>\n

As much as I try, I can’t keep up with the activities I see every day that add meaning and joy to life in Floyd.<\/p>\n

For example, I was able to describe a wonderful meal by Natasha<\/a>, but I should have found time to describe the tasteful set of 1930’s Jazz stylings performed by Billy Miller and Chris Luster. <\/p>\n

\"Macjennyhouseconcert\"<\/a>
\nEarlier, I attended a memorable house concert by Mac and Jenny Traynham<\/a> who have just released a new CD. I was able to take photos, but I was unable to get time to write an article. Fortunately Fred First<\/a> was able to post an article, Good Time Had by All<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Even earlier, I became a spectator to Mara’s Birthday Party and Pants Signing, which happens only in places like Floyd.<\/p>\n

Colleen Redman was participating in the event and she nudged me into providing coverage by writing about my non-coverage in her blog<\/a>. There is no escape when other local bloggers write about your blogging habits.
\"Marasbirthday\"<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

These are the kind of events that make up the warp and woof of life in a small community. Many of them do get covered in the Floyd Press which does a fine job of providing local news, but some just fell under the radar before the advent of ubiquitous digital cameras and recorders and bloggers who found a purpose in capturing life as it happens.<\/p>\n

Most of Floyd’s bloggers cover a wide range of news, but there are a growing number of bloggers who are considered to be only hyperlocal.<\/p>\n

If you would like to see who they are, read past the jump:<\/p>\n

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