Backfence.com Gets Hyperlocal
In the area’s first (?) entry into the world of hyperlocal journalism, Backfence.com launched this morning covering two northern Virginia communities. A series of open topic-focused blogs, the site is a cross between a community newspaper and Craig’s List.
Founders Mark Potts and Susan DeFife, more cheerleaders and organizers than editors, say in their opening post that the hope is to fill the niche that Washington Post and other larger newspapers can’t hope to cover: local meetings, reviews of smaller suburban restaurants and stores, school news, and sports scores.
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