Time is running out for Seattle’s Post-Intelligencer, the metro region’s second-place daily newspaper, set to fold this month without a buyer. Issues like fixed deadlines for daily news, slow distribution, and a poor carbon footprint have made news in print an endangered species. The venerable Christian Science Monitor ended daily circulation this month and will go with a new Web edition plus a weekly print publication instead.
Greg Linden, who ran Seattle-based Findory, a personal news aggregator, summed it up best on a local blog.
“Newspapers should target being the primary source of local information. They should be the place to go for local news as well as the place for local reviews. They should have the best relationships and be the primary channel to get advertisements from local small businesses.”
“As much as I like the Seattle PI, it is nowhere near this, unfortunately. The Seattle Weekly, Citysearch, and The Stranger are better sources of local reviews. On local news and sports, the PI has to compete with the Seattle Times. And the PI is in no way the primary broker for advertisements from local businesses,” wrote Linden. [24×7]
History in the Making, Make It Local!
The Martin Luther King Housing Development Association is hosting “A Community Celebration of a World Changing,” Ths celebration will be a community coming together to share the moment as the group watches together the televised inauguration of president-elect Barack Obama at Bates Technical College located at 1101 South Yakima Street Tacoma, Washington in the auditorium on the first floor on Tuesday, January 20th starting at 7:30 AM.
The oath of office will be administered to the President-elect Obama and the Vice President-elect Biden on the steps of the United States Capitol in Washington, DC beginning at 11:30 AM/EST, 8:30 AM/PST. The celebration will begin with a community at-large gathering of 250, all under one roof to kick off the inaugural swearing in ceremony with local flavor and presenters.
Drew Ebersole, Executive Director of Metro Parks Foundation will serve as the moderator with Frances Bailey and Mt. Tahoma Choir providing a background of music befitting this historic occasion. Local presenters will share their stories briefly on how everyone can be an agent of Change. Presenters will include, David Borofsky, President of Bates Technical College; Eddie Rodriguez, Regional Administrator of Department of Social and Health Services for Washington State; Carol Mitchell, Moderator for TV Tacoma; Marilyn Strickland, Tacoma City Council, At Large Position 8; Felix Flannigan, Executive Director of Martin Luther King Housing Development Association; and Vicky McLaurin, Community Relations Manager, Region 5 Community Service Division of the Department of Social & Health Services.
Ready to Re-engage with Politics? Follow Olympia on TrueLobby.com
TrueLobby, a Web site that seeks to improve communication between Wa state legislators and their constituents, has launched at www.truelobby.com.
The site provides tools to track legislation as well as constituent concerns. Created by a Seattle-based firm of the same name, usage is free to voters, state legislators and legislative staff. Lobbyists and advocacy groups will be charged an annual subscription. [24×7]
WashTech on Twitter and Facebook
Now you can conect with Washington’s high tech trade union, WashTech, on Twitter and Facebook. On Twitter, follow “washtechunion” and on Facebook, join the group and page by searching for “Washtech” or clicking on the link. [24×7]
Get more info in the Seattle24x7 blog
