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With local newspapers seemingly unable to make the switch to an online world and dying off like flies, the concept of the “hyper-local” news site has taken off. The genre has a attracted the attention of big media with AOL pouring millions of dollars into building a network of thousands of Patch.com<\/a> hyper-local sites and MSNBC acquiring everyblock.com<\/a>, a smaller (16 sites) hyper-local network.<\/p>\n

Founded in 2010, Oakland Local (OL) is different. Published\u00a0 by a community based, non-profit organization, it’s an online news source for Oakland California, residents. Updated around the clock by an all-volunteer staff of eight, OL is credited with breaking the story<\/a> of Iraq War veteran, Scott Olsen being critically injured by a police projectile during the repression of the Occupy Oakland demonstations.<\/p>\n

OL carries no advertising and has an annual budget of under $60,00 which comes from contributions and grants.<\/p>\n

Oakland Local has won several awards including a Society of Professional Journalists’ Prize<\/a> for for multimedia cultural coverage and is included in the Columbia Journalism Review’s News Frontier Database <\/a>of the top online news sources. It also provides training and support for local non-profit and community groups staff and members who want to learn journalism and online publishing and social media skills.<\/p>\n

Hosted at WordPress.com, Oakland Local is mobile friendly.<\/p>\n

Filed in:<\/em> Wap Review Directory – News\/US Local by State\/Alabama – California<\/a>
\nRatings:<\/em> Content Usability <\/span>
\nMobile Link:<\/em> m.oaklandlocal.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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