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The Guardian Local pilot has taught us a lot about new models of journalism but we will soon be winding it down
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Unchained by the difficult-to-transition machinery of conventional, industrialised news publishing, the blogs have focused on metropolitan civic engagement. They have noticeably enriched the communities of which they are part, finding a new, younger, online audience that wasn’t necessarily reading news about its local community and have helped make connections between people, events, organisations and local issues and politics. Some readers on Twitter and on Guardian.co.uk comments have been expressing their dismay.
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Maps from the MapBox suite can be customized as interactive embeds, enabling media, nonprofits and government entities to share a given story far beyond a single static web page. For instance, the map below was made using open data in Baltimore that was released by the city earlier this year:
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Patch Editor In Chief Brian Farnham says the company wants each of its 800 sites to sign up 10 community members to participate before the initiative officially launches next week.
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