Raleigh is one of 10 cities in the United States in which CNN will be expanding their coverage. This hopefully means more national, yet grassroots, coverage from the North Carolina capital. Considering all the layoffs at the local papers, this may signal a national expansion (takeover?) of our news and although CNN states that it is a grassroots effort, it may mean that the local scene will be turned over to the blogosphere. 

The move comes as newspapers and other media companies are forced into cutbacks and layoffs because of sweeping changes triggered by the growth of the Internet and because of the slumping U.S. economy.

 

Each city will get one person who can provide “grassroots level” coverage of breaking news and other local stories, said Nancy Lane, senior vice president of newsgathering for CNN/U.S.

 

With air travel increasingly complicated and time-consuming, CNN wanted a way to respond more quickly to breaking news everywhere, Lane said

Raleigh will have good company in this new CNN experiment. The other 9 cities -

Philadephia
Seattle
Columbus, Ohio
Denver
Houston
Las Vegas
Orlando
Minneapolis

Source: newraleigh.com