Some newspapers have been doing that and doing it well. Several months ago, a managing editor at one newspaper said that the community and school information on that newspaper's real-estate site was inaccurate and out of date. Online staffers, for the most part, aren't journalists. The answer is no. So even if newspapers aren't ready to post local news stories on their Web site, they should consider how to add depth to those sites that already carry the newspaper's brand.
Newsrooms can provide valuable, accurate and credible information to existing online sites.
Provide information that answers the following questions, and you will enhance the sites. The message here is that each newsroom should take a look at its newspaper's existing Web site, decide what needs fixing and help fix it. Help add the depth and continuity to those sites that will make them more valuable and add credibility to the newspaper's name. After that, take a look at the kind of activity information that is either on the Web site or that the newspaper would like to provide. This could be entertainment information or where to go and what to do.