{"id":137,"date":"2019-12-31T19:35:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T19:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/?p=137"},"modified":"2020-01-05T19:37:18","modified_gmt":"2020-01-05T19:37:18","slug":"herecast-shuts-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/31\/herecast-shuts-down\/","title":{"rendered":"HereCast Shuts Down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>HereCast<\/strong>, the website dedicated to content &#8216;by locals for locals&#8217;, went dark on December 31.  This is big loss for residents of and visitors to the Upper Valley  specifically and for hyperlocal coverage in rural communities in general. Previously known as the dailyUV, the site was very popular here, &#8220;reaching more than half of Upper Valley residents month-in, month-out,&#8221;  said the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/about.herecast.us\/hiatus\" target=\"_blank\">HereCast website<\/a>.  &#8220;HereCast showed that \u2014 given the opportunity \u2014 people from all walks  of life will step up to inform and engage their communities.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Opera-Snapshot_2020-01-05_140951_about.herecast.us_-1024x643.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Opera-Snapshot_2020-01-05_140951_about.herecast.us_-1024x643.png 1024w, https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Opera-Snapshot_2020-01-05_140951_about.herecast.us_-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Opera-Snapshot_2020-01-05_140951_about.herecast.us_-768x482.png 768w, https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Opera-Snapshot_2020-01-05_140951_about.herecast.us_.png 1473w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The web has no shortage of places to blog. To me, what made HereCast special was that it created a <strong>central<\/strong> place for locals &#8211; individuals, nonprofits, and municipalities &#8211; to speak to the whole community. The news and information was local, real, and FREE.  Ads were from local businesses. Regional newspapers can&#8217;t (or won&#8217;t) provide the same service in a rural community. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HereCast, the website dedicated to content &#8216;by locals for locals&#8217;, went dark on December 31. This is big loss for residents of and visitors to the Upper Valley specifically and for hyperlocal coverage in rural communities in general. Previously known as the dailyUV, the site was very popular here, &#8220;reaching more than half of Upper Valley residents month-in, month-out,&#8221; said the HereCast website. &#8220;HereCast showed that \u2014 given the opportunity \u2014 people from all walks of life will step up <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/31\/herecast-shuts-down\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  HereCast Shuts Down<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-hyperlocal"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>HereCast Shuts Down - Norwich Observer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/31\/herecast-shuts-down\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HereCast Shuts Down - Norwich Observer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"HereCast, the website dedicated to content &#8216;by locals for locals&#8217;, went dark on December 31. 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