Seattle Post Intelligencer

This happened a few weeks ago, but in thinking about it, I feel that this was a good move for the newspaper and will ultimately become the way of the future. In my journalism class two weeks ago, an editor from the New Haven Independent came and spoke with us about this hyperlocal paper. It is also an online only paper which deals with a variety of local issues. The Hamden Daily News also deals with local issues. I think if these newspapers can harness the power of the Internet and also create a local Web site directory, using Twitter, Digg and other social networking sites, then they will be able to become for profit models and ultimately survive through any and all economic shifts.

Of course "real" newspapers will never consider this model, or will they? I think NYTimes could take a page from these books, and they have in the form of The Locals which covers the same areas in New Jersey as patch.com. Maybe these hyperlocal papers or divisions of papers will save the paper industry? I hope so.