The Seattle Times forges partnerships with community sites to provide readers comprehensive coverage enriched with local flavor.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on September 9, 2011
Topics: Community, Craft, Resources, Technology Tags: Audience Engagement, Capacity, Collaboration, Hyperlocal, Legacy, New Media, Seattle
This comprehensive write up offers an inventory of demographics, emerging channels, new players in the field, the evolution of long time media brands, and implications for the future. Chock full of information rich with context and chronology of flashpoints, this case study explores the unique characteristics that have contributed to Seattle’s flourishing media landscape.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on April 25, 2011
Topic: Resources Tags: Information Ecology, Seattle
Seattlest was launched in January 2005 as a local blog of local happenings. It is part of network of similar sites in major cities, including New York and London.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on April 14, 2011
Topics: Community, Craft, Resources, Technology Tags: Seattle
Puget SoundOff is an online space “created by and for youth” to encourage young people to be involved in their communities. The site appeals to youth with a call to action: “It starts with one voice speaking out on an issue, then finding others to collaborate with and taking action. You can be that voice....
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on April 14, 2011
Topics: Community, Craft, Experiments, Resources Tags: Seattle
AOL’s Patch network of local news sites was operating in 14 Washington State communities roughly along the I-5 corridor from Tacoma to Everett, as of February 2011. Its first site was launched October 10, 2010, in University Park. Its Seattle regional editor is Mike Lewis, formerly with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on April 14, 2011
Topics: Craft, Experiments, Resources Tags: Seattle
The news on MyNorthwest.com is mostly from the Associated Press. The blogs are from three Bonneville broadcast outlets – News Talk 97.3 KIRO FM, 770 KTTH The Truth talk radio, and 710 ESPN Seattle.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on April 14, 2011
Topics: Community, Resources, Technology Tags: Seattle
A “citizen powered” voters guide; a “public square” for discussing ballot measures. Easy to contribute, to see what others think, and to get alerts about new information as the election evolves.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on April 14, 2011
Topics: Community, Experiments, Policy, Resources Tags: Citizen Journalism, Civic Engagement, Digital Democracy, Elections, National Science Foundation, Seattle, Seattle City Club, University of Washington, Voter Guide
InvestigateWest says it “rose from the ashes of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer” but prides itself on not being “limited by those roots.” Founded in July 2009, it is a nonprofit organization dedicated to investigative and narrative journalism whose mission statement says, in part: The old model for supporting and conducting public service journalism has collapsed. Thousands of traditional...
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on April 13, 2011
Topics: Community, Craft, Experiments, Resources Tags: Ethics, Seattle
Founded in 1998, HistoryLink calls itself the “free online encyclopedia of Washington State History” and says it is “the first and largest encyclopedia of community history created expressly for the Internet.” With more than 5,550 original, sourced essays as of March 2010, it is an incredible public resource. The nonprofit site says it serves an...
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on April 6, 2011
Topics: Community, Resources Tags: Seattle
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