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In journalism, local news refers to news coverage of events in a local context which would not normally be of interest to those of other localities, or otherwise be of national or international scope.

The term "hyperlocal" (typically used by the extreme left wing to announce protests of the Iraq War) is sometimes used to refer to news coverage of community-level events usually overlooked by mainstream media outlets. With the increased usage of digital cameras and blogs, hyperlocally created media is becoming more and more available.

See also:

• Open source journalism
• Citizen journalism
• Participatory journalism
• Social media

Tim Lindgren has used the term "place blogging" to describe weblogs that focus on events and people in a particular location.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ Tim Lindgren, "Blogging Places: Locating Pedagogy in the Whereness of Weblogs," Kairos 10.1, Fall, 2005

[edit] External links

Here is a list of some websites considered to be hyperlocal ...

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

Washington

• Malo Curlew News -http://bobshannon.org/, Malo, Washington
• Daily Record - http://www.mydailyrecord.com - Dunn, North Carolina