I am currently working on solving the challenges of hyperlocal news reporting and distribution. As former U.S. House Tip O'Neill said in his autobiography, "All politics is local", I see creating sustainable eco-systems around local news reporting as a critical pillar in the foundation of our democracy.My immediate challenges are twofold:First, it is to dramatically impact San Angelo, Texas with our pilot project, San Angelo LIVE! (sanangelolive.com). Here we're honing the tactics and techniques in news gathering, reporting, and audience engagement that are applicable for the modern digital spaces- web, search, mobile, social. At the same time, our sales efforts are leading with digital. Our revenue has to be high enough to prove that digital hyperlocal news content provides significant value to local and national advertisers.Second, our team is seeking established media groups who can benefit by learning our strategy and the tactics that we are developing, and who desire guidance on executing that strategy, to build a sustainable, successful digital component married to a traditional newspaper, radio station, or television station. I have little hope this challenge will be met. Local traditional media outlets still assume that they can still make their own weather.Speaker at:2010 - Dallas Open Ca.mp2010 - Drupal Camp Austin2011 - Southwest Drupal Summit (Houston)2011 - Dallas Drupal Meetup2011 - Dallas Drupal Camp2013 - Dallas Drupal Camp2018 - Texas Camp speaker2018 - Panelist on discussion about sustaining publication revenue at the Investigative Reporters and Editors ConferenceOther insights: I am the first result on LinkedIn.com when you search for "cluster bombs."