h1. Berkeleyside - Hyperlocal news site - Dec 2015

http://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/winter-2015-breaking-news/berkeleyside-nimble-hyperlocal-news-site-winning

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"The community was reporting on itself, and we were live-blogging. We can be spontaneous and react to a situation."

In fact, it’s what many consumers now expect - *news* that appears almost instantaneously, as events unfold at home or across the world.
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For this type of news, do the professional journalists also provide context, analysis, etc?

Even for a live event, the so-called reporting by the journalists can contain factual errors. Are consumers interested in correct news or instant news? 

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Most now read news on computers or mobile devices, a trend that, if you’re not part of, you’ve noticed whenever you ride a bus or wait in line.
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They are probably reading and posting to Facebook. I suppose that it could be "news" at Facebook, especially now with FB's Instant Articles.