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An Open Conversation on Hyperlocal News
Submitted by Keith Hopper on Fri, 02/06/2009 - 12:42
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WBUR Hyperlocal Discussion Following a recent post and discussion on hyperlocal news, WBUR was kind enough to let me initiate an open discussion on the topic during their monthly meetup at the station.

Around 15 people participated in this discussion, including Lisa Williams from Placeblogger, Ben Terris from Boston.com's Your Town, Adam Weiss of Boston Behind the Scenes, Persephone Miel from Internews Network, and Doc Searls from Harvard's Berkman Center. You can hear the conversation here:

The conversation covers a wide range of topics, including:

  • Trends and directions of hyperlocal news. Where the emerging opportunities might be.
  • What the user demand might be around hyperlocal news - where the current gaps are in addressing user needs.
  • The rising importance of immediacy and speed of hyperlocal solution deployment
  • The problem of scale and searchability around hyperlocal sites
  • How hyperlocal sites and the online-offline proximity connection might address the human need for social cohesion

Comments

Great topic. Timely,

Submitted by Ken George (not verified) on Mon, 02/09/2009 - 17:38.

Great topic. Timely, insightful, relevant!

Thanks for facilitating one heckuva conversation at the station. What a compelling little "show" you've managed to record. My how ironies abound.

I am Tweeting and email and blogging the link to your original post and subsequent "show." Great stuff for media mangers to chew over.

Look forward to future installments!

Thanks for the opportunity,

Submitted by Keith Hopper on Mon, 02/09/2009 - 18:20.

Thanks for the opportunity, Ken. How might we top this for next general get-together? Maybe we need to start scheming a public media unconference. PRX and PI both have expressed interest.

Thanks for facilitating the

Submitted by Alanna (not verified) on Mon, 02/09/2009 - 10:43.

Thanks for facilitating the chat. Listen to perspectives from around town gave me ideas of how we could improve hyperlocal news in my immediate geographic area... but part of the excitement was that everyone had their own strategies. The sum is definitely greater than the pieces, yet the sum will also be different according to each person's viewpoint.

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