Seattle's 29 neighborhood blogs
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What a great list!
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What a great list, justinc. I'll add a terrific community site, Columbia Citizens. It's a wiki not a blog and is a vital Columbia City resource that's maintained by the inimitable Scott Ringold. http://columbiacitizens.net/ |
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neighborhood blogging capital...
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I dunno about Seattle being "the nation's capital of neighborhood blogging". Per capita, Richmond VA has more coverage. We've got 14 or 16 or more independent neighborhood news blogs, depending on how you count. We've even put together a city-wide news site that both pulls from most of the neighborhood sites and also publishes original content. Church Hill People's News http://chpn.net/ RVA News http://rvanews.com/ |
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Sweet, isn't it?
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There are always so many more placeblogs than I expect when I start looking. And for the record, I think a community-based blog platform is a great idea. After struggling to do it on various open-source platforms, it's great to see an out of the box service for this type of blogging. Best of luck in 2009! Lisa Williams Placeblogger.com |
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Add one more
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| eastlakeave.neighborlogs.com | |
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Green Lake is now on the map!
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Hi Justin, Thanks for putting this list together - and for all of the work that you do promoting citizen journalism. We're happy to report that you can now scratch Green Lake off your list of untapped Seattle neighborhoods! Check us out at www.mygreenlake.com |
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Community Driven neighborhood focused sustainable sites that earn real money
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HA HA HA AHHHH HAAA.... Oh man...that's a good one... Go through the list...I especially like the MySpace page for SouthPark! And the blog for Georgetown...it's fine...It's a good blog..but it's not making money...that's just absurd. Are there REALLY blogs out there beyond your precious little city that are doing more than keeping the unemployed otherwise occupied? I see the note about Richmond VA...good town and some of those sites are also just fine....but is the future as you see it a set of constantly shifting dubious points of view from a kaleidoscope of characters who post their random observances about what's happening in their front yard? Really? I understand...this is your belief and I don't mean to mock it. Nor do I mean to engender an emotional response per se. I just think that there's an unspoken belief at work here that neighborhood news sites are somehow the answer to the changes we are witnessing. It's quite literally a prediction about the future of media. But it could turn out to be totally and completely wrong. Those with the money to preserve are NOT going to let those without the money to persevere take it away. Small business usually loses to big business. That's just a fact of life. The only way sites like this will ever survive and sustain themselves over the long haul is by being part of a larger organization (I know...Neighborlogs!)...that can funnel revenue from larger sources to them. It's too difficult to maintain otherwise for most people. The limiting factors are huge obstacles to overcome. It's not unlikely however that the smaller sites will, if proven to deliver a consistent audience, be bought out by a larger media company. THAT's a reasonable prediction. |
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Just checked this list again
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It's fading fast. Many of these sites don't get updates even weekly...few have ads...and frankly if the biggest news is about a birds nest on a porch they are not going to attract much of an audience. There's really only so much effort you can expect from volunteers to populate sites like this with content. It's just not that compelling. News now is really almost more about entertainment, and neighborhood news blogs are fed pageviews by people at work waiting for something else to happen or taking time away from what they are being paid to do. How do I know this? Check with any of them and ask about their analytics. WHEN are people reading these sites? During the day. I really have to chuckle that people with so little experience are predicting the future of journalism being 'all volunteer' or 'crowd sourced' when there's no evidence that this is a workable model in any community. Yes...people WILL on catch as catch can basis send in the odd photo or news item...but most will not. |
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"Seattle Remembers Sammy" StreetZaps benefit
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Greetings! I am trying to stage a benefit, "Seattle Remembers Sammy" to console bereft Lisa McKibben and also to heighten awareness of this hidden hazard. I held a similar function for shock victim, Celia Sing, to commemorate her beloved Husky's electrocution (Please see The New York Times piece in StreetZaps News). I hope you may interested in supporting this saddened dog walker and helping to preclude more potential injuries and fatalities as Seattle vaunts a progressive, caring character and is a world exemplar. Would you be interested in participating? Please advise. Thank you in advance and I look forward to hearing from you. Stay safe! In appreciation and with best regards, Blair Sorrel Founder www.StreetZaps.com |
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theSeattleCook.com is located in PioneerSquare
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| We do all our cooking and sometimes shopping at Saveway:) in Pioneer Square. | |
