Note: Below is an example of news aggregation. This blog’s topic is online journalism and its audience is this class. Also, because this involved something related to what I do, I offer my view. In your case, you might just want to summarize the news unless you feel you have something to add that makes your content more compelling.
HARTLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. — This weekend, I posted a couple dozen photos on the Facebook page for Hartland Patch, but could I have waited? In this post, Rick Edmonds of PoynterOnline discusses whether hyperlocal news needs to be published immediately, saying unlike breaking news of regional or national importance, “I have a hard time, though, recalling a neighborhood story I wish I had known about right away.”
Edmonds says he doesn't mind waiting for his hyperlocal news because it's just not a prominent as bigger stories. He's also "underwhelmed" by digital hyperlocal news, preferring the more traditional community papers, instead.
What I would say as an editor of a soon-to-be launched hyperlocal publication, is the sooner I can publish content, the sooner it's useful to the site's audience. If I wait, they might never find it as they move on to something else, but once it's up, those who start looking later in the week should still be able to find it.
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