User Generated Content at the Local Level
October 20, 2007
Newspapers are finally realizing the value of user generated content. A recent article in the Houston Chronicle announced the re-design of the web site and invited readers to “Find out what news your neighbors are sharing and post some of your news directly to the Web site in this new feature.”
It also informed me that residents had posted more than 100 images of local people, places and events. And that I could catch up on the latest word in my area and chime in with my.02 cents worth in blogs by local reporters.
Do you see the significance of this? Have you seen any other examples of “local” user generated content? Am I the only one excited by this?
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I would think that this type of content would be really useful in a large city. Can it still be used in smaller towns? I might have to see if there’s anything like that close to where I live.
It’s very exciting. I know our local paper here has a news forum/chat and people can upload news and stuff… I think it’s fairly new but looks very interesting.