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Apr
14
Raleigh Chronicle Shutting Down
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The Raleigh Chronicle has stated it will be shutting down on Tuesday, April 14th. A short paragraph on the site says that more details are to come, and that the paper has been purchased.
After serving over a million readers in the Raleigh community, the locally owned Raleigh Chronicle will close on Tuesday, as another newspaper purchases the publication. A more detailed story will appear on Tuesday, the final day of publication for the Raleigh Chronicle.
I’ll be interested to see who bought this and how it pans out. I could never really wrap my head around the Chronicle. In concept, I loved the idea of a local independently owned paper, but in practice, I could never really understand the paper’s position in the publishing/news community. They seemed to straddle the line between a local interest site with original stories and the mainstream news media who serve as a single source for local news.
Apr
14
N&O Mention
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The Free Press got a little ink in this Sunday’s edition of the N&O. If anyone is visiting the site for the first time–welcome, and thanks for stopping by. You may want to peruse the Archives to catch up on some content of yore. We’ve been a little quiet of late.
Also, congrats to John Morris for his coverage. John runs the site Goodnight, Raleigh! and is very deserving of the attention. I hope it drives more visitors to his site and helps to fuel his efforts.
Feb
28
It’s been well documented that I like to scan the Raleigh headlines, and that I’m not alone–our News Feeds page is one of the most visited parts of the site.
Recently, my Netvibes account was upgraded to participate in the beta version of their newest release, Ginger. One of the key futures of this upgrade was something that I’ve been looking forward to for a while, the ability to create a “Universe.” Basically, a Universe is a way to share one of your pages, or a group of news feeds, with others and a way to create a central location of headlines covering a particular topic. Mine of course, is about Raleigh.
If you don’t like the way my page is set up, you can change it around to suit your own needs if you’d like. I’ll also be happy to adjust my page to suit your needs if you have a good recommendation. Enjoy.
Link: Raleigh Universe
Feb
14
Rhett and Link
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Have you been to RhettandLink.com? If not, you’re in a group quickly becoming the minority among web surfers who are into original, humorous web-based content.
If you decide to pay them a visit, you’re in for a treat. These guys put out some very high quality viral videos, jingles and short films–all enabled and distributed by the glorious world wide web. I won’t go into more detail about their background. You’re better off just reading it for yourself, because they’re equally as good writers as they are performers.
So what’s the link to Raleigh here and why am I posting this on the Raleigh Free Press? Well, besides being NC natives, both Link and Rhett are NC State grads with engineering degrees that decided that a desk job just wasn’t for them.
Give them a visit and help to support some local boys made good. Here’s one of my favorites, Crashing the 2007 Grammy’s.
Feb
1
Downtown Raleigh Alliance e-Newsletter
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If you don’t already receive the Downtown Raleigh Alliance’s email newsletter, I’d highly recommend signing up (see the subscribe field at the bottom of the page). It’s well put together and heavy on quality DT content.
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Jan
28
Samuel Johnson is quoted as saying, “Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.” It’s unlikely that he was referring to the internet and its ability to gather and share information in so many ways, but that’s exactly where we find ourselves today.
Beyond the numerous local publishers referred to in our previous post, there are a number of other sites that allow you to refine their information to local results. These sites often lack a true local “feel,” but they can be pretty useful for scanning headlines from multiple sources, finding something new to do or connecting with other people in the community. With that, I present to you:
12 Additional Websites to Follow Raleigh on the Web
Beecoz - I’ll start with Beecoz, because unlike the rest of this group, they are actually local. Based out of the NC State Tech Incubator, they aggregate local headlines from a number of different sources, including blogs, and allow you to set up neighborhood groups to interact with others living around you. The site is still in beta, so if it doesn’t do much for you now–mark it and check back on their development.
Yelp - Yelp offers user reviews on categories like restaurants, nightlife and shopping. They seem to have a small following of local users, but their information is fairly well informed when compared to some of the others below.
Zvents - Zvents is a local search engine of sorts for things to do. Most of the local events listed are dominated by a small group of places that submit their schedules, but it can be a decent place to begin if you’re looking to get out of the house but have no idea where to go. Read more
Jan
23
25 Local Websites You May Want to Visit
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While fresh posts ’round these parts have slowed of late, this is certainly not the case for other local writers. Several new or revised local sites have been brought to my attention of late, and my ongoing list of Raleigh websites seems to be growing to a point that I can hardly scan the headlines without devoting the better part of my morning to the effort.
Some of you may remember a fairly popular post we wrote a while back highlighting a few local sites. Below is a revised list with several new additions. Enjoy.
- Go Go Raleigh - a former Raleighing writer reappears
- New Raleigh - solid, regularly updated original content
- Talking About Politics - the name says it all
- Goodnight, Raleigh! - a photoblog of Raleigh
- Citizen - Bob Geary (Independent) is considered one of the most well-informed local writers of the area
- Raleigh Restaurant Review - nice place to find a new place to dine
- This is in my backyard? - discover things to do and see
- Raleigh Chronicle - back and better than before with a new website
- North Hills Buzz - a redesigned website will hopefully be a sign of good things to come
- Red and White from State - sports blog covering NC State
- Raleigh Philosophical Society - a light-hearted read that’s regularly updated
- Over the top / Inside the beltline - your local McMansion tracker
- Learn Downtown Raleigh - downtown highlights
- The Raleigh Connoisseur - focuses on downtown
- Triangle Music - name says it all
- Greener Habits for Raleigh - see above
- Section Six - local NC State sports site
- Raleigh Eco News - quality content, if you’re into that sort of thing
- Raleigh Native Review - Raleigh through the eyes of a life-long local
- State Fans Nation - a must-read for NC State sports fans with a passionate following
- Growth Matters - covering growth in the Triangle
- Raleigh Skyline - pics, podcasts and more
- RDUWTF - they’re back after a break
- What to Have - Raleigh restaurants, mostly if not all downtown
- Below the Beltline - content is king
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