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The DGreport at three

March 1st, 2010 · 29 Comments · 2007 election, 2009 election, From the Editor

This blog just marked its third anniversary, which I’ve decided to observe by sharing some of my experiences as a hyperlocal blogger –- experiences that have prompted me to reach out to the larger journalism community for support and to hire an attorney to look out for my rights. I’ve decided to bring you in [...]

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2 years, 512 posts and counting

February 26th, 2009 · 9 Comments · From the Editor

The DGreport marks its second anniversary today. I’ll let the numbers speak for themselves: Total number of posts: 512 Total number of comments: 7,706 Hits, first year: 100,000 Hits, second year: 320,000 Daily page views: 1,000 Daily uniques: 400+ Average monthly page views: 24,000 Average monthly uniques: 9,800

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About last night

December 12th, 2008 · 12 Comments · From the Editor

If you didn’t stop by the DGreport last night, this post may seem a little cryptic, but bear with me. For only the third time since starting this blog almost two years ago, I removed a post. The decision wasn’t the result of pressure from the DGPD, which was the topic of the post, although [...]

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