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If it weren’t for refrigerators …
… community news would have died years ago. As it is, we’re in need of a good digital refrigerator. Amy Gahran writing on Poynter’s site: (Lisa Williams, a longtime citizen journalist and founder of Placeblogger) posited in a conversation yesterday, and I think she has a point, that in fact perhaps most people really consider…
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If need be, I can write this on your wall
There’s a reason journalists shouldn’t make sources Facebook “friends.” And that’s not the only one!
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Politicans say the darnest things
Scott Adcox is starting a Carnival of Local Political Gaffes. Probably the biggest factor that keeps local politicians from being more than just local are the idiotic messes they get themselves into. The Carnival of Local Political Gaffes aims to shed light on these small timers and give them the credit they deserve. There is…