Freelancer Says 'No More'

This one comes from Chicago-based Katjusa Cisar who blogged recently about her departure from a hyperlocal network in Houston.

See the problem?

“Unlike AOL’s Patch, another provider of hyperlocal coverage, this business model relies not on editors who live directly in the community but on dozens of writers like me who sit at home and regurgitate press releases and comb through police reports and city records without having the faintest connection to the suburb or neighborhood being covered.