Poynter Online writes this week about Seattle's local news scene and includes profiles of some of the city's leading sites including Neighborlogs-powered CapitolHillSeattle.com:

Carder believes there is constant demand for neighborhood news. "It's as simple as wondering what that siren you just heard on the street outside was all about. Draw lines from that. The sirens are also local businesses: What's opening? What will it be like? The sirens are city projects: Where should the next park be built? Where did that money go?" he said. "Some media outlets stopped answering those questions. Some did answer them and went out of business. Some never bothered."