links for 2011-08-17

• Traffic Report: Why pageviews and engagement are up at Latimes.com » Nieman Journalism Lab » Pushing to the Future of Journalism
  Consider the secret sauce at the heart of it all: a full embrace of blogging that adds voice in some corners, emphasizes timeliness in others, and has opened new doors for reader engagement.
  (tags: engagement blogging commenting strategy breakingnews news facebook journalism latimes storytelling)
• A ‘Community Service Model’ for Hyperlocal | Street Fight
  This new hyperlocal model would serve the business, nonprofit and civic sectors by providing the free open source media they need to deliver news and promote their agendas inside the community. Call it the community service media model.
  (tags: hyperlocal local marketing businessmodel community service)