NeighborsGo.com officially launches
Cory Bergman May 5th, 2007
I posted a blurb about NeighborsGo when it went into initial beta a couple weeks ago, and now it has officially launched. The site is run by Belo’s Dallas Morning News and WFAA-TV, and it blends hyperlocal citizen journalism with a social network. “Our goal, essentially, is to become a very local and very newsy version of MySpace,” said Oscar Martinez, managing editor of the site. One look at the promotional video for NeighborsGo and you’ll realize that it’s not targeted to the MySpace demographic. Users can upload stories, blog posts, video and photos, and some of the content will be reverse-published into weekly community newspaper editions of the same name. (Full disclosure: I work for Belo in Seattle, the same company that launched NeighborsGo.)
7 Comments Add your own
1. Stacey | May 6th, 2007 at 7:20 am
Has anyone heard of any other tv groups planning on doing anything similiar?
2. Jordan | May 6th, 2007 at 9:30 am
Still hideous. God dang.
3. dionigi | May 6th, 2007 at 4:54 pm
that video link crashes Safari more quickly and consistantly than anything i’ve ever seen.
4. Dwayne | May 6th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
Any Joost invites out there ?
5. Dan | May 6th, 2007 at 7:58 pm
Geez. This is from a big time broadcaster-newspaper
company?
What am I (the viewer) supposed to look at first?
Then, try and click on the arcadia fire video.
It’s like the smallest thing ever, then it crashes.
It’s like the Belo people have no concept of
web standards or what good design is.
It’s depressing since I grew up in awe of WFAA
and company. They were the top of the food chain
as far as TV news goes.
Dan
6. Bobby | May 8th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Yikes, that’s not going to suceed without proper design.
7. natho | January 9th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
typed 600 words and in twinkling of an eye, the feature disappeared off my screen before I had signed off. Wondering if Alznehimer’s feature made it on. How can I find out…or shall I send it again?
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