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At Newsday, a new route

March 2, 2010 By 1 Comment

I first entered the news business as a 12-year-old entrepreneur, lugging 54 copies of Newsday in a milk carton tied to the handle bars of my silver Schwinn.

Turns out I was one of the area’s last paperboys. Soon after, the jobs were handed over to subcontractors in station wagons.

As of March 1, things came full circle. I’m back at Newsday, this time as the online editor for local news and products, handling all things hyperlocal. I’m looking forward to working with many of the great people I’ve come to know over the years in local journalism circles, and the others I only know from the pages of Newsday  – in the paper and online.

Many thanks to all the great people at News 12 for three great years.

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My Town in Newsday

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On the same day, on the opposing page of the blog brief, was another item, this one about News12MyTown, the new project my group has been working on for months and launched last month. The official press release went out today.

From Newsday:

CABLEVISION is to announce today a new Web site where users can post calendar items, articles and information about their community. News12 mytown.com has launched a pilot for Huntington (huntington.news12my town.com) and for Fair Lawn and Bergenfield, N.J., for feedback before rolling out the service across the tri-state area. Each community site includes photos, video, stories and a bulletin board where users can “sound off.” Patrick Dolan, president of News 12 Networks, said the service “takes our mission to deliver local news and information to a whole new level, with local residents actually providing the content that is most important and relevant to their own communities.”

- RICHARD DALTON JR.

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