- Bluffton Today
Infobox_Newspaper
name = Bluffton Today
caption = TheApril 4 ,2006 (1st anniversary edition) front page of "Bluffton Today"
type =Free daily newspaper
format =Tabloid
foundation =2005
owners =Morris Communications
headquarters = 52 Persimmon Street
Bluffton, SC 29910United States
editor = Kyle Poplin
publisher = Timothy M. Anderson
circulation = 16,500cite web|url=http://www.morris.com/divisions/morris_publishing_group/daily_newspapers/bluffton.shtml|title=Morris Publishing Group: Bluffton Today|publisher=Morris Communications Company, LLC|accessdate=2006-11-07]
website = [http://www.blufftontoday.com/ www.blufftontoday.com]
"Bluffton Today" is afree daily newspaper located inBluffton, South Carolina that integrates many elements ofcitizen journalism into its tight local focus. Some industry analysts regard the newspaper as a possible future model for small newspapers across the country. [http://www.cyberjournalist.net/news/002302.php] The paper prints in atabloid format, which is unique for a paper of its circulation size.Morris Communications started the newspaper in 2005 after the company folded the "Carolina Morning News", a wraparound of the "
Savannah Morning News ".Newspaper
The newspaper's "hyperlocal" format (which, despite common misconceptions, comes from a staff of full-time reporters, photographers and editors), focuses mostly on Bluffton, a small-but-rapidly-growing town outside of
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina . Much of the content is locally produced, with only limited amounts of wire copy.The paper's content focuses on human interest stories and emphasizes the local angle in its news, entertainment, business and editorial sections.
In particular, sports coverage is noted for its heavy emphasis of youth sports such as soccer and baseball.
Web site
The paper's award-winning web site, [http://www.blufftontoday.com/ blufftontoday.com] , uses reader-submitted blogs as its main mechanism for communication. These blogs often find their way back into the paper in articles written by the paper's staff of professional journalists, as color for other articles or as part of the paper's "Best of the Web" section.
The site also allows readers to submit photos, and a number of "spotters" cover local events for the web site.
The site uses the PHP-based
Drupal as its back-end system.References
External links
* [http://www.blufftontoday.com/ Blufftontoday.com]
* [http://npaper-wehaa.com/bluffton-today Read free the Bluffton Today]
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