Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Hyper local journalism

Do you know VOSD( Voice of San Diego)?
It is a non profit local online news site which is operated by donation and foundation.
They focused on issues impacting the San Diego region.
It has sections for News, Voices, Education, Science, Politics,housing, and Special report.
One of the great thing of this organization is professionally staffed.
Frequently hearing large, historical new papers close the businesses because of losing customer who pays news. This is a a great opportunity for professional journalists and audience too.

Also this local news site can be as a local media which need to advertise for local business such as cleaning shops, pizza company, car fixing, hospital.

How I know this site is Japanese online media news site mentioned about this organization for the future journalism business model. Even I live San Diego for one year, I didn't know it.

Have you ever heard about this news site?

1 comment:

  1. This is a very popular news source here in San Diego, and I am most familiar with it through non-profits. Glad to hear it is gaining worldwide recognition!

    By the way, you did a good job "sticking" to blogging during the class. ;)

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