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Navigating Community News in a Digital Age

Chicago Talks, October 5, 2013

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The LION Summit being held at Columbia College Chicago ended today. Leaders in community and hyper-local online reporting gathered to exchange ideas and information. In this short, mobile podcast, some attendees give advice about how to produce and consume community news online.

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At the LION conference. Photo by Mathew Cunningham.

Here are the individuals interviewed in order of appearance and links to their sites:

James Stewart, Detailed Block
Suzanne McBride, Austin Talks
Brandy Tuzon Boyd, The Natomas Buzz 
Thom Rae, La Grange Today 

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