Anatomy of a local breaking news story
January 26, 2008
On Friday, I was having a late lunch with a colleague from the business/advertising side of The Washington Post. We were talking about how our company’s hyper-local strategies should evolve. It was a great conversation that I wish could have lasted all day.
As we were talking/eating, I noticed the TVs in the restaurant all showing live video of one of the mega resorts in Las Vegas on fire. I have several friends who now work at the Las Vegas Sun, so this story was interesting to me for at least a couple of reasons.
When I finally got back …