Is Local News the Answer?
Vol. 61, No. 4

Introduction
By Melissa Ludtke

Newspapers’ Niche: ‘Dig Deeply Into Local Matters’
By Brett J. Blackledge

Investigative Reporting Stays Local
By Ken Armstrong

Blending Voice and Reporting
By John Doherty and Tim Logan

Going to China to Report Local Stories
By Tony Bartelme

Showing China—With a Local Thread
Words and Photographs by Alan Hawes

Global Issues Viewed Through Local Eyes
By Perry Beeman

Going Far to Explore a Local Story
By Kevin Finch

Local Voices—Once Quiet—Are Heard
By Michael Landauer

A Front Page Dominated By Local News
By Rex Smith

Forgetting Why Reporters Choose the Work They Do
By Will Bunch

Matching Ambition With Assignment
By Carole Tarrant

The Decline of Newspapers: The Local Story
By Thomas E. Patterson

The ‘Local-Local’ Strategy: Sense and Nonsense
By Rick Edmonds

Stories About Me
By Bill Ostendorf

What Readers Mean When They Say They Want Local News
Interview by Dean Miller

Local Characters: How to Tell the Stories You Have to Tell
Excerpts from a talk by Lane DeGregory

Strategically Reorganizing the Newsroom
By Shawn McIntosh

Changing Reporters’ Beats—With a Focus on Local
By Rene Sanchez

Childhood Memories Kindle Hyperlocal Strategies
By Rob Curley

Going Hyperlocal at the Chicago Tribune
By Kyle Leonard

When Community Residents Commit ‘Random Acts of Journalism’
By Jan Schaffer

Picking Up Where Newspapers Leave Off
By Geoff Dougherty

Going Local: Knowing Readers Is Essential
By Liz George

Journalism: Its Intersection With Hyperlocal Web Sites
By Mark Potts

VillageSoup: A Community Host Model At Work
By Richard M. Anderson

Journalists Navigate New Waters
By Lisa Williams

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