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I've never heard of hyperlocal investigative journalism. Local journalists simply won't have the resources to be able to do it. At a local level advertising pr

I've never heard of hyperlocal investigative journalism. Local journalists simply won't have the resources to be able to do it. At a local level advertising probably doesn't corrupt the journalism simply because there isn't very much of it.

katzgrau 8y ago
Just because you haven't heard of it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. I serve ads for these types for a living, so I do have a lot of expertise here. https://inn.org/members/ https://inn.org/members/ http://www.lionpublishers.com/members/list/ http://www.lionpublishers.com/members/list/ There are thousands more that are not members - simply professional and entrepreneurial journalists trying to make a living doing what they care about.
- mulmen 8y ago
  My hyperlocal news outlet is “sponsored” by many local businesses. I have always felt there was a conflict of interest created by this sponsorship. One of the businesses is an auto shop. If that auto shop is doing something like re-using old oil to save money on oil changes or some other shady tactic would the hyperlocal news go after them? I’ve never seen investigative journalism out of my hyperlocal news, it is all just community news about upcoming events and the like. I could be mistaken but your links don’t make it clear to me that any of these hyperlocal organizations are doing investigative journalism. My hyperlocal outlet certainly doesn’t.
  - katzgrau 8y ago
    An ethical journalist will absolutely go after that auto shop. But what you're describing is a political/ethical conflict which can arise any time an organization accepts support money, even from readers.
- crdoconnor 8y ago
  There are not a lot of hyperlocal investigative news outlets listed there although granted there are some. The ones that do exist appear to be non-profits relying on donations (e.g. aspenjournalism.org / birminghamwatch.org) that don't run ads and give a strong impression of being run by one or two people. I'm really unconvinced that this is a significant industry let alone one that is supported by ads.
  - katzgrau 8y ago
    There are quite a few, and as I mentioned, most of them are not affiliated with any organization. I wouldn't operate a business based on a market that didn't exist. I guess you can choose to believe otherwise though - although I'm not sure why.

katzgrau 8y ago

Just because you haven't heard of it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. I serve ads for these types for a living, so I do have a lot of expertise here. https://inn.org/members/ https://inn.org/members/ http://www.lionpublishers.com/members/list/ http://www.lionpublishers.com/members/list/ There are thousands more that are not members - simply professional and entrepreneurial journalists trying to make a living doing what they care about.

mulmen 8y ago
My hyperlocal news outlet is “sponsored” by many local businesses. I have always felt there was a conflict of interest created by this sponsorship. One of the businesses is an auto shop. If that auto shop is doing something like re-using old oil to save money on oil changes or some other shady tactic would the hyperlocal news go after them? I’ve never seen investigative journalism out of my hyperlocal news, it is all just community news about upcoming events and the like. I could be mistaken but your links don’t make it clear to me that any of these hyperlocal organizations are doing investigative journalism. My hyperlocal outlet certainly doesn’t.
- katzgrau 8y ago
  An ethical journalist will absolutely go after that auto shop. But what you're describing is a political/ethical conflict which can arise any time an organization accepts support money, even from readers.
crdoconnor 8y ago
There are not a lot of hyperlocal investigative news outlets listed there although granted there are some. The ones that do exist appear to be non-profits relying on donations (e.g. aspenjournalism.org / birminghamwatch.org) that don't run ads and give a strong impression of being run by one or two people. I'm really unconvinced that this is a significant industry let alone one that is supported by ads.
- katzgrau 8y ago
  There are quite a few, and as I mentioned, most of them are not affiliated with any organization. I wouldn't operate a business based on a market that didn't exist. I guess you can choose to believe otherwise though - although I'm not sure why.