I was reading a story on Springwise about hyperlocal news from the New York Times that sounded like an interesting approach. Take writers and editors and have them cover the news about where they live. Select small enclaves where you could create enough mass to justify calling it local coverage.
When I started checking out the website, I realized it was a aggregated blog website. According to the NYTs: "The Local provides news, information, entertainment and informed conversation about the things that matter to you, your neighbors and your family, from bloggers and citizens who live, work and create in your community — as well as journalists from The New York Times."
So let me understand this approach - you add a section onto the website for bloggers and determine some central geographic points to aggregate these citizens. Throw in the respectability of the NYT reputation and the allure that actual staff writers might be posting information as well.
It will be interesting to see how this new approach to the news works, but it is nice to see a bit more of a social networking feel to the idea of news.
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