According to a post by LostRemote, Melville-based newspaper Newsday is expanding its news team across print and online, following the launch of AOL’s hyperlocal websites project, Patch.
The publication is reportedly advertising for 37 news positions to boost its local coverage both on and offline. Posts are said to include reporters, community journalists, a social media moderator and a community editor.
Newsday is the first newspaper we’ve seen aggressively ramp up coverage as the local competition intensifies. One interesting thing to watch: Newsday.com is subscription-only — subscribers of the newspaper and Optimum Online are given access — which could put it at a disadvantage in building open community tools that can reach critical mass.