http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/2007/05/11/its-a-long-way-to-pasadena/ Just another Blogs.reuters.com weblog Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:15:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/blog/2007/05/11/its-a-long-way-to-pasadena/#comment-177838 Cosmic Ray Sat, 12 May 2007 22:10:57 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/2007/05/11/its-a-long-way-to-pasadena/#comment-177838 Is this a good idea for local news? What is Local in Cyberspace ? As I sit here in Vermont, watching videos from Finland in one window and reading the LA Times in another, why not ? All news is local. And a not so local reporter might be actually more objective about reporting than one on the scene. (Not to mention that Google sends me a lot of stories from India and South Africa, and I generally find the writing fresh in both approach and style.) Is this a good idea for local news? What is Local in Cyberspace ? As I sit here in Vermont, watching videos from Finland in one window and reading the LA Times in another, why not ? All news is local. And a not so local reporter might be actually more objective about reporting than one on the scene. (Not to mention that Google sends me a lot of stories from India and South Africa, and I generally find the writing fresh in both approach and style.)

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