Renewing the Voice


Monday, July 27, 2009

Goin' Hyper-Local

Readers you will have to forgive me, I should have told you. I had decided this weekend that I would Twitter (@AndyStettler) audio recordings of myself talking about the story I was covering. I saw this as a form of hyper-local reporting, an idea I've always found as the most interesting form of journalism.

This past weekend at the Plymouth Township Day celebration in East Plymouth Valley Park, you may have seen me talking on my iPhone. However, I was actually recording a description of what I was seeing around me: how many people, what sponsors were at the event, what was there to do?

I tried this as a way to connect with my followers and my readers on what there was to do in Montgomery County and I plan to continue this trend in the future. This is at least one form of hyper-local reporting.

Another was the prior weekend when I reported on the storm which flooded Plymouth Meeting and much of Montgomery County. Trees had fallen, covering drive ways, streets and in some cases, houses. I felt compelled to head-out into the battle zone and tweet photos of the aftermath. If only I had found the VR+ Lite iPhone application last weekend....

If anyone has knows of any other voice recording iPhone apps which has sharing capabilities leave a comment. If not, leave a comment anyway.

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