Hyper local!

We wouldn't give this kind of coverage to Little League/Babe Ruth/etc baseball or softball until at least a state, maybe even regional, level. 9-year-olds?! What idiot consultant dreamed this up.

This story won't bring readers to your paper or site, other than the parents and grandparents of the winning team. But everybody else will start calling your office, screaming, "Our turn! Our turn!"

For hyperlocal to work, there has to be at least broader local interest. A team of 12-15 9-year-olds? Not so much.

 

From one semi-newbie to another: His range is amazing, isn't it?

 

Why thank you, thank you very much. I'm good at something, at least. Sorta.

Our story also had much better color from the losing side than Mizzou's did.

"I'm gonna take your dog Scrappy to Michael Vick's estate if you [expletive] like that again!" Richardson said to Timmy.

 

True, but our reporter, after getting the Fun Dip quote, instinctively called the Willy Wonka Factory and asked them if they'd like to run a front-page advertisement. They agreed. So gold star to us!!

 

You've got a future in this business, noob.

It's probably only six months, but hey, that's four months longer than the rest of us.

 

This is spot on. The Time-Dispatch also has a talented sports staff that's wasted if this is what they are going to cover. Richmond should be covering the Redskins, not Pop Warner.

 

Plus an extra week of severance pay!

 

I'm sure it helps sales a lot to appeal to the 20 parents at a summer swim meet than the thousands who would want more Redskins coverage, but hey.

 

Completely random thought, but I just figured out how to generate revenue without cutting employees.

Charge for parking!

EDIT: Did I just save newspapers, or screw us all?

 

the site crashed my firefox three times in a row.

i gave up.

 

Hyperlocal is thisclose to driving me from this business.

I don't know of a single person - writers, editors, readers - who want to read about 12-year-olds bowling, unless it's the parents or the publisher.