Citizen Journalism —
“May I post a political item on my Front Porch Forum?”
We get that question all the time here at FPF… especially leading up to Town Meeting Day and November elections.
The answer, of course, is “YES!” Some of our members are disappointed to hear that. They express a desire to keep FPF conversation “polite,” which therefore [...]
How about this? Go ahead and score each form of media on your very own Media Crap Index… MCI.
For example, email channels are flooded with spam, some reports put it at 95% of all messages sent. So, email gets an awful 95% MCI… that is, 95% of email is crap.
But how about other media? TV… [...]
Thanks to the Vermont Telecom Authority for pointing Vermonters to Front Porch Forum. While it makes sense for local folks to use online tools from the mega corporations — Goolge, Facebook, Craigslist, Yahoo, etc. — it’s reassuring when Vermont-bred dot.com services (iBrattleboro, Seven Days, Vermont Tiger, Green Mountain Daily, FPF, etc.) get a little recognition [...]
The people of Westford, VT continue to do amazing things with Front Porch Forum… lots of voices weighing in about lots of topics. Here’s a comment about one topic gleaned from a blog today…
Principals like feedback, right? Well, we need feedback but it can be difficult to deal with at times. I’ve been thinking a [...]
Please take a moment to vote for Front Porch Forum’s proposal to the Knight News Challenge. The Knight Foundation awards about $5 million each year to promising projects in the local news arena.
FPF’s application made it through the first round of judging and is now among about 200 finalists… exciting!
Click here to vote… then click [...]
I’m looking forward to participating in a local media conversation in Bennington this week…
Shires Media Partnership Inc., the non-profit owner of radio station WBTN is convening a regional meeting at the Bennington (Vt.) Free Library on Thurs. Jan. 28 to gather public comment and advice on how it can meet the information [...]
Thanks to the Burlington Free Press for including a Front Porch Forum co-founder in its list of the decade’s Vermonters “who know how to get things done!”
UPDATE: Now the Freeps has the story online too.
Residents of Burlington’s New North End have been reporting on Front Porch Forum break-ins and scams targeting the elderly this past week. Looks like one FPF member has found a solution…
Just another voice to add to the neighborhoods re. the shoveling robber. On Monday, the 28th, a man approached our home on Grey Meadow Drive. [...]
With the title “Noise in the ‘Hood: Why is hyperlocal news so terrible?” Slate’s Mark Gimein aims to provoke with his recent article. He derides EveryBlock.com, Topix.com, Outside.in and Examiner.com, while praising AOL’s Patch. Of the former, he writes…
The reality of the sites, though, is a scary lesson in just how dreary the local news [...]
Front Porch Forum is in the running again for a Knight News Challenge grant. Check out our entry here and please give it five stars! (Just click on the rightmost star.) We’d love to read your comments about the proposal too (scroll to the bottom of our News Challenge page to leave a comment).
Thanks and [...]