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Comment by Angela Connor on April 9, 2009 at 3:19pm

You bet it will Paul. I'm glad they're confident and they do their thing despite all else. They have a real model.

Comment by Paul Balcerak on March 2, 2009 at 4:49pm

Great two-part interview. I've run into Tracy and her husband, Patrick, a few times at some Seattle-area meet ups and I'm always impressed by the amount of work they do (the 24/7 coverage and the ad sales). Unfortunately they don't always get much respect from the mainstream media elites in town, but I have a feeling that'll change with the ever-changing journalism landscape.

Comment by Angela Connor on February 26, 2009 at 4:04pm

I did a two-part Q&A with Tracy on my blog, Online Community Strategist. Links below:
Building community around neighborhood news: An interview with trac...

Monetizing neighborhood news: More from Tracy Record of West Seatt...

I'm a fan.

Comment by Paul Balcerak on February 26, 2009 at 1:18pm

They're certainly one of the success stories. Tracy Record actually left her job at one of the local TV news stations to work full-time on the blog. She makes a living off of it now.

I'm biased because I live there, but the Capitol Hill Seattle blog is pretty good, too.

Comment by Cassandra Gallagher on February 26, 2009 at 3:42am

I've heard somewhere that the West Seattle blog is one of the best maintained ones Seattle has. I'll have to check that out.