Posted in Local news, Pasadena Now on September 4, 2007 | 15 Comments »
James Macpherson of Pasadena Now emailed me this weekend (and I’m posting this with his permission):
I wanted to ask you if you know of 2-3 bloggers who are foodies who would agree to review Pasadena restaurants for me… a lot — like WEEKLY.
Advantage: They can get into any restaurant and eat for free!!!
Advantage: [...]
Posted in Local news, Pasadena Now, Pasadena news, Pasadena newspapers and magazines on August 15, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I just noticed that Pasadena Now has comment fields in the bottom portions of its new stories. I don’t know of any other comprehensive Pasadena news source that is doing this. This is a big step in the direction of encouraging active community discussion about local politics, programs and events. Kuddos to James Macpherson and [...]
Posted in Local news, Pasadena Now, Pasadena newspapers and magazines on August 12, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Pasadena Now has activated its RSS feed! The feed contains article titles only, but this is groundbreaking. It looks like Pasadena Now is the first comprehensive Pasadena news source to offer an RSS feed of any of its content.
(Wondering what RSS is? More info here.)
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Update 8/15/07: Jeremiah Small points out that the Pasadena Star-News publishes [...]
Posted in Local news, Pasadena Now on May 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Great ideas by Hugh Macleod of Gaping Void (Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial 1.0 license)
This cartoon at Gaping Void today made me think about all the uproar online about James Macpherson of Pasadena Now’s hiring of Indian writers to report on Pasadena city council meetings.
Posted in Books, City planning, Community building, Local news, Pasadena Now on May 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
City Comforts: How to Build an Urban Village by David Sucher
City Comforts blog: Distance sometimes provides objectivity
Sucher’s City Comforts is one of my favorite community building books. It shows how to arrange city space to encourage neighborly community interaction.
Posted in Local news, Pasadena Now on May 12, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Local links have asterisks.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Associated Press article by Justin Pritchard: Calif. Web Site Outsources Reporting
Topix: It’s official: Local reporting is doomed
Peoria Pundits: It’s official: Local reporting is doomed
The Foothill Cities Blog*: PasadenaNow Outsources Local News Coverage (includes the text of the Bangalore Craigslist ad)
Editors’ Corner*: Local coverage from afar
LA Observed: Pasadena News Site [...]
Posted in Local news, Pasadena Now on May 11, 2007 | 8 Comments »
LA Observed asks (and Doc Searls quotes): “Um, also, how much could Pasadena Now really be spending on journalists?” (link)
I could be wrong, but from what I understand, Pasadena Now is adding writers, not replacing them. James, if you’re reading this, can you comment?
Posted in Local news, Pasadena Now on May 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Dan Gillmor on Pasadena Now’s hiring of journalists from India: “For the money he’s paying, he could hire local bloggers. They’d do it better, with more perspectives — and have the advantage of, uh, being there.” (link)
Could we really? Would we want to? Do we want to?
I don’t think that’s quite what I [...]
Posted in Local news, Pasadena Now, Pasadena news on May 10, 2007 | 7 Comments »
The first I saw of this was at Topix: It’s official: Local reporting is doomed
Associated Press article:
Calif. Web Site Outsources Reporting By Justin Pritchard
Local blog posts:
Peoria Pundits: It’s official: Local reporting is doomed
Foothill Cities: PasadenaNow Outsources Local News Coverage (includes the text of the Bangalore Craigslist ad)
Editors’ Corner: Local coverage from afar
LA Observed: Pasadena News [...]
Posted in Blogs, Local news, Neighbors, Pasadena Now on April 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Pasadena Now has a new (and beautiful) Blog Central page up with links to local Pasadena blogs (including a link to yours truly).
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