New content and paywall platforms offer new options to local publishers. Lessons from Obama’s off-on-the-record flip. Learn to ID fake news photos, and how local is too local? Think again.

<a href="http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/huffpost_launches_a_platform_f.php" target="_blank">HuffPost launches a platform for user-generated reporting</a>
The Huffington Post invites readers to add their own pictures, words and video “to show how issues track across geographical areas.” Potential leads, color and connections for local news.

<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/post/obama-campaign-and-des-moines-register-a-form-of-quote-approval/2012/10/24/82af092e-1de5-11e2-9cd5-b55c38388962_blog.html" target="_blank">Obama campaign and Des Moines Register: A form of quote approval</a>
The Obama campaign makes off-the-record talk with newspaper public when called out. Insight into how you can push politicians – and potential limits of off-the-record talks.

<a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/where-can-i-find-great-content-to-tweet_b17934" target="_blank">Where Can I Find Great Content To Tweet?</a>
The top tip for Twitter newbies: Pick a topic and stick to it. Just step one to building your brand, voice and community in the twitterverse.

<a href="http://davidhiggerson.wordpress.com/2012/10/22/why-small-news-should-be-big-news-for-local-newspapers-mock-it-at-your-peril/" target="_blank">Why small news should be big news for local newspapers – mock it at your peril</a>
“The difference between what a trained journalist sees as news and what the local newspaper reader sees as news has the potential to render us irrelevant to our audience.”

<a href="http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/regret-the-error/193470/how-journalists-can-avoid-getting-fooled-by-fake-hurricane-sandy-photos/" target="_blank">How journalists can avoid getting fooled by fake Hurricane Sandy photos</a>
Fake photos from FrankenSandy hold the potential to blow truth apart. Poynter offers tools and techniques for sorting true from false that go beyond this storm season.

<a href="http://paidcontent.org/2012/10/30/paywall-startup-tinypass-adds-metered-subscriptions-for-small-publishers/" target="_blank">Paywall startup Tinypass adds metered subscriptions for small publishers</a>
As paywalls gain traction with major media sites, startup company Tinypass brings small publishers into the game with a menu of metered content options to consider.

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