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14 September 2011
Newspapers have been phasing out or at least downsizing for several years now, because the Internet is so much quicker in making news available almost real-time.
There are some of us who still like to see things in print. We like to pick up the paper or a magazine and fold it over and feel it in our hands. But the world is changing. You can see and store tons of information in a small computer. You can save space, save trees, and get quicker service.
Nearly a year ago, the Smyrna-Vinings Patch site was launched. You can visit www.Smyrna.Patch.com to see local stories and photos, which are updated continuously seven days a week.
Editor Hunt Archbold suggests you sign up for the daily email.
"It really is a great way to keep up if you’re busy one day and miss out on your daily pit stops at Patch. Each day around 6 a.m., you’ll receive an email with all the stories we’ve published in the previous 24 hours. It’s the only email you’ll receive for the day and Patch doesn’t spam its readers with useless junk.’’
There are about 900 national patch sites, of which 45 are in Georgia, covering local news in Georgia towns. Statistically, the Smyrna-Vinings Patch is one of the most popular in the state.
If you can find it in the newspaper, you can probably find it at Patch first. Patch covers every-thing from elections to business, to entertainment, to weather, to food, to sports, to police reports, to pets available for adoption. If it is happening in Smyrna-Vinings, Patch has it covered. The site even has its own facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/SmyrnaViningsPatch) and you can follow the editor’s tweets @SmyrnaPatch. And of course, Hunt encourages reader feedback and story ideas and he can be reached by email at
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. "Our business and organization listings aren’t skimpy,’’ Hunt said. "But if your business isn’t listed, contact me directly or email us at
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. We want people to upload their announcements, add photos, make comments as we subscribe to the idea that news is a conversation.’’
Hunt, an Atlanta native and graduate of The Lovett School, brings more than 20 years of professional journalism experience to Patch. He served as the Sports Editor of The Sunday Paper in Atlanta and has worked at several news outlets across the city and region.
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