Networked Journalism: Seattle

In one of the largest collaborative projects, The Seattle Times has partnered with 40 leading news sites and blogs to enhance coverage for the region.

Watch The Seattle Times: Community news site partnership from Danny Gawlowski on Vimeo:


 

The Seattle Times and its partners collaborative project on graffiti took First Place in the Online/Innovation category in the SPJ NW Excellence in Journalism contest on May 21, 2011. 

The Seattle Times partnered with five more community news sites, bringing their  network up to 39 total local news sites. (Read Poynter's story: "Seattle Times, Hyperlocal News Sites Collaborate on Coverage")

The Seattle Time has also teamed up with KING5 to create a local online advertising network. (Read the press release)

See a news feed from all of the Seattle Times' network partners and check out their network portal page.

Recently, the newspaper called on its partners to help tell the story of graffiti from different corners of their coverage area.