engaging with tbd
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Engaging with
Steve ButtryNorthern VA Regional Commission
Nov. 3, 3010@stevebuttry, [email protected]
What’s ?• Local news website, TBD.com• Cable news station, former NewsChannel 8• iPhone and Android apps• Affiliated with ABC7, WJLA-TV• Replaces wjla.com & news8.net• Covers Washington region, including all of Fairfax County
• Locally owned, Allbritton Communications• Based in Rosslyn• 50+ new staffers living in communities
Who’s ?
TBD coverage in Northern VA
• Neighborhood blogger Rebecca A. Cooper in Arlington
TBD coverage in Northern VA
• Neighborhood blogger Rebecca A. Cooper in Arlington
• Metro-wide news and issues
TBD coverage in Northern VA
• Neighborhood blogger Rebecca A. Cooper in Arlington
• Metro-wide news and issues• ABC7 coverage
TBD coverage in Northern VA
• Neighborhood blogger Rebecca A. Cooper in Arlington
• Metro-wide news and issues• ABC7 coverage• Aggregate other local news sources• “News near you” for 120+ NoVA ZIP
codes
• 196 local blogs & sites• Community blogs: Alexandria,
Annandale, Arlington, Loudoun County, McLean, Stafford, Woodbridge
• Neighborhood blogs: Clarendon, Lincolnia Hills, Heywood Glen
• Old Dominion Watchdog, NoVa Parents, S.W.A.G., VA Real Estate,
Community Network
• Does your agency have a blog we should include in the network?
• Do you know of community blogs we should add?
Community Network
• Send news releases to [email protected]
Sending news to
• Send news releases to [email protected]
• News tips: [email protected]• Twitter @TBD or #heytbd• Email me: [email protected]• My phone: (703) 842-1707These slides: slideshare.net/stevebuttry
Sending news to