'hoodblogs archive
April 22, 2008
Have you checked the Bopst Show on RVANews?
I’m so proud of my ‘blog peeps for having the vision to host this really great audio show. YAY! If you haven’t checked it out, you can do so here.
April 1, 2008
Yo quiero a Bio Ritmo — translation: someone bring ‘em to Petersburg!
Bio Ritmo participates in the latest round of Eight Track. I’m talking about 6:49mins of right proper DANCE groove with what is dubbed by the Eight Trackers as a ’sick weird electronic breakdown in the middle’. How can you resist? Bring ‘em!
March 29, 2008
Richmond area blogs lead the nation in community/citizen journalism
A discussant at the conference Media Re:Public (a conference convened by the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society — the focus is on participatory media) has brought to our attention that the community of ‘hoodblogs and blog aggregators in the Richmond area lead the nation “by far and away.” Here is report that the Project for Excellence in Journalism has completed on such sites, which is among the conference’s Background Materials. Kudos to John Murden of CHPN and the folks at PharrOut (RVABlogs, RVANews) for getting the balls rolling.
January 10, 2008
RVA2k7BA: The winners
The inspiration for this site, Church Hill People’s News, won “Best Community Blog”, and CHPN moderator John Murden got “Post of the Year” for his call out for other communities to launch similar sites (there are now about a dozen hyperlocal community sites in the Richmond area that did not exist this time last year). Congrats John! Other winners: Brandon Eats (foodie blog), The Yarn Lounge (business blog), Save Richmond (political blog), Journey to Ironman (topical blog), Buttermilk & Molasses (Blog of the Year — coverage of the Richmond Downtown Master Plan and the Crupi report was something to behold), …. To see the full list of categories and winners, and to find links to them all, go here. If you are just tuning in, a list of all the nominees (including PPN) is available here.
December 7, 2007
Vote! — For your favorite community blog (ahem *PPN* ahem)
If you are moved to tears to have access to an online calendar of local goings-on, overjoyed to regularly see Ron Moring’s photos, tickled as you can be to have a space to pose questions for our local media to explore, overwhelmed at the prospect of being able to access city council minutes, BRAC reports, and other documents all in one place (and archived!), etc etc etc, then let Richmond know — show your support for Petersburg People’s News. (Oh, and while at it you may learn about some other really outstanding topical blogs out of the greater Richmond area, if you don’t already follow them over at RVABlogs.com.)
December 6, 2007
On holiday gifting: support the locals
Richmond’s Pete Humes amuses his dear readers and makes a really good point besides in his article entitled, Five Ways to Keep Your Shopping Local.
November 19, 2007
in Petersburg Flickr pool: “Why We Have Historic Review Boards”
aka “This Would be An Amazing Haunted House”. Subject house/discussion #1 and #2 — don’t forget to move your mouse over the photos to check out the notes there too.
August 20, 2007
Accepting photos for ‘how well do you know Petersburg’ quiz
The folks at West of the Boulevard News recently posted a photographic pop quiz featuring interesting details from around their stomping ground. ‘Tis a fantastic idea, so I’m stealing it. But since I myself have much to learn about Petersburg, I’m calling on you folks to email me photos with location identifiers. I’ll be accepting photos through Sept 20, when I plan on posting the quiz. Get out there and take some photos!
April 24, 2007
Vacant Richmond
Richmond blog Buttermilk & Molasses writes on the motivation behind, and the bells and whistles available on, Vacant Richmond, a new website that allows one toÔø?identify and discuss vacant properties in the Richmond area.
