We know how a “real” reporter would cover a fire, a car crash, a meeting in Yourtown, NH. But how does somebody local tell the story? Lisa Williams says:
Placeblogs reveal a fiercely non-generic America thats not about national big-box retailers, and they dont feature the kind of broad, blunt coverage that results from driving by communities at highway speed, or flying overhead.
Theres little Red vs. Blue America or fad coverage here. They show America at the level of detail you get at a walking pace. Many of them are also delightful they give a snarky insiders view of a community thats the closest you can get to teleportation its like being there and listening to conversations on the street.
Tomorrow at Harvard, Lisa will launch Placeblogger, her project to aggregate headlines from 700+ placeblogs around the US, plus one in Antarctica!
Citizen journalists, my fellow snarky insiders, we have been notified!