Hyperlocal Journalism, Meet BuddyPress. @TBD Neighborhoods. Update 10:52 p.m.: As of about 10 p.m., Pepco had restored power to more than 36,000 customers who lost power due to the wind storm. There are about 10,300 Pepco customers still without power. At the height of the outage, about 47,000 customers were without power. Update 7:23 p.m.: About 37,000 customers remained without power across the region Friday evening, with nearly two thirds of them in Montgomery County, Md. Dominion Virginia power reported about 11,00 customers without service. Pepco reported about 26,000 customers in the dark, including 21,399 in Montgomery County. The utility issued a news release included in its entirety below.
WindStormwork2-25 Update 5:51 p.m.: Nearly 60,000 customers are without power. Dominion: NoVa: 25,609 Pepco District of Columbia 3,476 Montgomery 25,368 Prince George's 4,982 Update 4:10 p.m.: More than 73,000 customers have now lost power across the region. Dominion: NoVa: 28,550 Pepco: District of Columbia 5,385 Montgomery 36,727 Prince George's 2,848. Journal Local — Supporting and showcasing great hyperlocal. The Future of Local News is You. I’m tired of seeing the small community newspapers go under. Times are tough and traditional business models no longer sustain small publishers in small markets. It appears that most small publishers, particularly in smaller markets, lack the resources and knowledge of new business models to evolve or transform. What disturbs me most about this is the lack of risk-taking among small market journalists.
There are thousands of journalists out there that have the potential to solve the local news challenge on their own – they just don’t know it yet. Where are the entrepreneurs? I live in a suburb of Atlanta where we have two local papers. Here are a few reasons why I think more small town journalists should consider starting their own local news websites or blogs: If you’re a journalist working for a paper that’s going under, here’s a rough checklist you could use to launch your own local media empire: Most journalists, from my experience, like the security of a steady paycheck. BocaJump Elgin - Home. Hackney Citizen: latest news, events and reviews from the Hackney Citizen| hackneycitizen.co.uk.
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