Back in November, we mentioned that Next Door Media, the Ballard-based company that controls a host of “hyperlocal” blogs such as My Ballard, Phinneywood, Fremont Universe, Queen Anne Review and Magnolia Voice, was recruiting someone to write a Wallingford blog for them. At the time, we invited you all to come join us on these pages, and the many writers you’ve seen here on Wallyhood since then took us up on the offer. Truly a blessing.
Meanwhile, we saw today that Next Door Media has launched their site, titled My Wallingford. Like the rest of the NDM sites, much of their content is shared across their network, appearing simultaneously in Ballard, Phinneywood, etc. That said, they’ve already got some Wallingford-specific content, too, such as their story on the Senior Center being saved and the “Big Hands Guy” shoplifter making the rounds, so it’s off to the races!
My Wallingford’s writer / editor is Marina Gordon. She’s got a BA in journalism from NYU and time at Disney and Real Networks under her belt, so we’re sure she’ll be bringing an exciting new perspective and voice to the neighborhood.
Welcome to the neighborhood, My Wallingford! We baked you pie.
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Hmm, I guess the neighborhood’s iconic sign is obligatory for Wallingford blogs. Wallyhood’s masthead is a little more creative with it, though, plus the background is a nice shout-out to us Lower Wallingfordites. And your name is better. And you have more personality. So I think I’ll stick around, at least for now. 🙂
I know neighborhood blogs are good and all, but you’ve clearly got the Wallingford thing down. I’ve seen a sad decline in there main page posting in all their hood’s (and an increase in advertising costs) in NDM, it seems to me that they are more in it for the revenue then the news.
We will stick with the “hood” :). Why this kind of competition?
We prefer having an embedded correspondent for our Wallingford coverage.
thanks, but no thanks My Wallingford – I like my Wallyhood!
Rupert Murdoch is probably behind this….
I checked it out. Eh… no thanks. And I don’t like how they just reused the myBallard name, as if Wallingford can’t even earn its own special blog title.
Thanks Jordan — and all the other Wallyhood writers — for maintaining this blog and contributing to the uniqueness of Wallingford.
I will always frequent Wallyhood for the grassroots feel but I’ve already found a couple cool scoops on mywallingford.com. Google has bicycling directions now?!