What is news? What do you consider important? The below link is to an article written by Bill Keller who has great insights about aggregation compared to reporting. I believe anyone who is in the hyper-local arena should read this! Please enjoy and let me know what you think in the comments!
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/magazine/mag-13lede-t.html?_r=1&ref=magazine
Your OurTown Superhero,Chris