Addendum: I worked for Patch.com (funded frugally by AOL and now being whipped into shape by the truly fabulous Ariana Huffington) from March 2011 through September 2011. I successfully created slide shows and my first iMovie videos, along with standard online journalism content. But I'm most proud of the bloggers I recruited, the columnists I managed and what I learned firsthand about comment moderation.
My fantastic colleague and friend Analisa Harangozo has taken over Castro Valley Patch and is doing a GREAT job.
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Original Post: As you know, I got my wish -- a multimedia content creation job. About a year ago, I set a goal to become a more visual thinker and begin expressing myself beyond the printed word alone.
On Monday, I was thrown into the lake and told to swim. If you want to watch me in my new job, consider following me:
on Twitter at @CValleyPatch
on www.facebook.com/castrovalleypatch.
on the website itself at castrovalley.patch.com
This is an AOL funded startup now also getting input from Arianna Huffington, as of the recent AOL-Huffington Post merger. The content is purely local and not of interest unless you live in a patch of unincorporated ground about 40 minutes east of San Francisco. But the experiment is the thing. You will be watching the future unfold.
Think "Facebook/Twitter meets Yellow Pages/Yelp" with professional print and broadcast journalists overseeing content creation. The user interface on the editors' side of things is agile and awesome. The team is cooperative, delightful and smart.
Look for a Patch.com near you.
Um, sorry, I gotta get back to work now.
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