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For Better Content, Go Local

By Greg Falken | Published: December 15, 2009
Beaver News There has been a lot of talk lately about the quality of information available online. The debate has centered around “content farms”, such as Demand Media and the current incarnation of AOL (oops, sorry, Aol.). Kicking off this round was Michael Arrington, who wrote in a post titled The End of Hand Crafted Content: On one [...]
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Community Access Internet Project

By Greg Falken | Published: October 29, 2009
Working with a group of committed people here in Tuolumne County, I have submitted a proposal to the Knight News Challenge. Funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Challenge seeks innovations that use new or available technology to distribute content in local communities. There are only three rules: Use digital, open-source [...]
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