Local News Is Spreading

There is a grave concern for local news due to the fact that older methods of delivering the news are fading out because of the electronic tablets and smart phones that are readily available and easy to use.

However, Patch is a website that is helping communities all around the country make local news important to the people in their communities again.

Many journalists get their start in local news stations. However, because of the decline in these methods, it is more difficult to begin a journalism career. Patch is now helping journalists kick-start their careers by providing them with job opportunities. This article helps explain how Patch is providing jobs to help deliver the local news.

Patch targets the suburb communities, not just the general metropolitan area. This creates an easy and effective way of providing jobs to more journalists and updating a more narrowly-focused community at the same time.

As Patch continues to expand, it will help bring people in the communities together. Local news provides a common topic of interest for people who normally have nothing to talk about.

Are you interested in getting the local news out to your community? Would you consider starting a website through Patch to help make that happen? One can very easily start their own local news website. Anyone can be a journalist, and Patch is helping to make that happen, one community at a time.

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Patch Journalists Give Back to their Community

Patch journalist, Elizabeth Shemaria, takes advantage of Patch's "Give5" program to bring awareness of journalism to fifth grade students.

Patch, a community-specific news and information platform, has its professional editors, writers, photographers and videographers to participate in a program called the "Give5" program. This program allows Patch employees to give back to their community.

Patch is all about making your life better by giving you quick access to the information that is most relevant to you.

Elizabeth Shemaria, editor for Danville, CA Patch, shows this program in full swing.

Shemaria wrote an article on participating in the program by volunteering at Greenbrook Elementary. Here she taught fifth graders about writing and different types of journalism.

While she was there, she introduced different types of stories. They listened to a radio story, watched a video story and looked at an interactive timeline.

Other elements that she talked about how you can tell a story with writing and photos, and how sound and video clips reinforce your news story's credibility.

All in all, Shemaria was impressed with how much the students wanted to learn, and how much they already knew about her job.

Shemaria's contribution to her community has given insight to these fifth grade students about the basics behind what a journalist does. More about the local patch team for the Danville, CA Patch.

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