• After the 'flop' flap: Lessons learned from Loudoun
  Rob Curley explains the criticism he received after the Wall Street Journal article about LoudounExtra was published. He also posts three comments that his team members made on various blogs.
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• How not to do hyperlocal
  Pat Thornton discusses how not to do hyperlocal web sites by using two Gannett sites as an example. He contrasts that with the Washington Post's Loudoun Extra web site.
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• It's a lo-o-o-ong way from Lawrence, Kan., to Loudoun County, Va.
  "Curley and his team did produce some rich hyperlocal content in Loudoun. But it was mostly what he calls 'little J' – Little League, proms, crime blotters. But because each community didn't get its own homepage, the little J news was lost in the welter of headlines and promos of the single, countywide homepage. "A community site should have two tiers – one for the little J and one for what Curley calls the 'big J.'"
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• PEJ State of the News Media
  Zac Echola concludes that "people look for national/international news at national/international Web sites and they want local content on their local sites. I know we've been talking hyperlocal for years, but there hasn't been a lot of research in what readers actually want out of a local site..."
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• Tag a site hyperlocal and it's doomed
  Jack Lail discusses ways to make a niche news site succeed.
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• Washington Post VP: Look to small sites for innovation
  A discussion about the Washington Post's first hyperlocal web site and its impact.
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• What are the lessons for online journalists from the 'State of the News Media' report?
  The Online Journalism Review highlights some of the State of the News Media report.
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