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Bridge Disaster Revives A Quiet Web Site, Making It A Source For Original ReportingThe headquarters of Internet Broadcasting, a publisher of 70 local TV station Web sites, are located 10 miles from the site of Wednesdays highway bridge collapse in Minneapolis. When word of the collapse came, the company sent reporters to the scene. Then staff members did something peculiar: they published their reports to a nearly defunct Web site, Channel4000.com. When it began in 1996, Channel4000.com was Internet Broadcastings first experiment in Web journalism. The site was produced for WCCO-TV, the CBS affiliate in Minneapolis. Internet Broadcasting successfully repeated the model in other markets, but its partnership with WCCO ended in 2002. Since then, the site served weather news and sports scores to about 11,000 daily visitors. That all changed around 1 a.m. on Thursday, as producers posted articles and photos about the bridge collapse. Staff members in Minneapolis typically aggregate news for partner stations; they usually dont go out of the doors, said Nancy Cassutt, vice president of content and operations. But with a major story breaking nearby, they began reporting, and the site quickly became an important resource. Internet Broadcasting used the site to solicit photos from readers. Because of a content sharing deal with CNN.com, Channel4000.coms coverage received national exposure. The site had an increase in visitor traffic after the disaster, but the company would not release specific numbers. Besides its own reports, Channel4000.com linked to other collapse coverage on additional local news sites, including its former partner. I kept thinking about how we needed to serve the people who are in the market, Ms. Cassutt said. It was the perfect distribution for this content. BRIAN STELTER Tag CloudExternal InformationAdditional InformationResources a shield against US decline...Washington Mutual Raises $7 Billion... Slight Economic Growth; Consumer Spending Weakens... FSA launches inquiry into HBOS shares plunge... Where Am I?News Main Page - Business - Bridge Disaster Revives A Quiet Web Site, Making It A Source For Original Reporting |
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