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In journalism, local news refers to news coverage of events in a local context which would not normally be of interest to those of other localities, or otherwise be of national or international scope.

The term "hyperlocal" is sometimes used to refer to news coverage of community-level events usually overlooked by mainstream media outlets.

See also:

Tim Lindgren has used the term "place blogging" to describe weblogs that focus on events and people in a particular location.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Tim Lindgren, "Blogging Places: Locating Pedagogy in the Whereness of Weblogs," Kairos 10.1, Fall, 2005

[edit] External links

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