The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri has published a two-part series on AOL's foray into hyper-local journalism for which I was interviewed. Part I references the plagiarism issue from last September. Part II includes a series of observation on Patch and the state of hyper-local journalism in the United States where I am quoted several times.
The Patch Effect
A companion post to the The Patch Effect, Part 1, this installment reports directly on the experiences of hyperlocal news website operators. Ten editors from the states of California, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Virginia, and New York were interviewed at the close of 2010. The goal was to collect a representative sample of local sites from across the country, and also to focus on towns in which Patch was operating. Tram Whitehurst, Missouri School of Journalism master’s program graduate, working with RJI Fellow Lisa Skube, sums up what we learned.
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