Berkeley J-School Students Launch Third Hyperlocal Site

Students at U.C. Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism launched their third hyperlocal news website, Richmond Confidential, last week, part of the Warren Hellman-backed Bay Area News Project.

The new site is completely staffed by students, like the sites in Oakland and San Francisco, and the San Francisco Chronicle often links out to the student sites. The hyperlocal sites will eventually “fuel an innovative internet news hub starting early next year.”

The New York Times has also agreed to distribute print versions of the hub’s output in its newly-created Bay Area pages.

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