In San Francisco, Plans to Start News Web Site

New York Times by Richard Perez Pena | Sep. 25, 2009 (News Report)

A wealthy investor, a university journalism school and a public radio station have joined forces to create a nonprofit local news Web site for the San Francisco area, in what may be the largest and most ambitious of dozens of similar local news operations that have cropped up around the country. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Subramanya Sastry - Sep 24, 2009 - 6:34 PM PDT
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Sep 26, 2009 - 11:59 AM PDT
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 by Fabrice Florin - Sep. 25, 2009

Informative report on a new journalism venture based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The report appears factual, though the only sources cited are stakeholders in the new venture, with no independent perspectives. Still, a timely story about this interesting new development.

I think the SF Chronicle's story provides more depth and context than this short NYT report (see link).

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