Dept of Blogiology 101: Richmond

Posted by Nina on Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 at 1:19 pm

Next up for our Blogiology class is Richmond, VA.

Previous classes have covered Dallas, Phoenix, Durham, Detroit, Ann Arbor, Portland, Philadelphia, Buffalo, San Francisco, St. Louis, and Boston.

So, what’s been going on in Richmond this week?  A slew of DUI cases, a crime wave, degree granting and revoking, open forum for redevelopment project, and the upcoming holiday “Grand Illumination.” Want more local Richmond knowledge? Read on.

Bloggiest Richmond Neighborhoods:

Top Richmond Blogs:

  1. North Richmond News/ River District News/ Church Hill People’s News/ Carver and Jackson Ward News/ Hills and Heights: its a 5-way tie! This network of neighborhood sites, which grew from a template originally designed by local blogger John Murden, provide a platform for community news with truly local, frequently updated stories.
  2. Fan District Hub – more like an online ‘zine, this blog offers long-form articles and provides a detailed calendar of upcoming Richmond events under the uber appropriate moniker of “Hyperlocal.”
  3. Buttermilk & Molasses - an active member of Richmond’s political and blogger scene, John Sarvay has most recently been vocal about Richmond’s Downtown Master Plan on this popular blog.
  4. River City Rapids – the posts are few and far between, but this blog deserves major kudos for being one of the few covering the arts scene in Richmond.
  5. The Richmond Democrat – a roundup of Richmond’s Democratic politicians and politics.

Up and Coming Blogs in Richmond (in no particular order)

  • 10S Boulevard – This zany blog covers the beat of its moniker, 10 South Boulevard. Returning readers get a glimpse into the world of Mr. Jangles, the neighborhood cat, as well as local car accidents, funky smells, and visiting colonies of deer.
  • 86 Richmond – this foodie digests local dining spots so that you can have the best of what they’re serving.
  • RVA Jazz – a love of jazz music permeates this site. Pics from recent shows, upcoming releases, a custom playlist, and live show calendar all can be found here.
  • Near West End News –  A new(ish) blog that covers the issues affecting the more suburban West End area of Richmond.
  • In Vino Veritas – a couple shares their love (and vitriol) of local cafes, restaurants, and lounges.

Most Talked About Stories:

Submit your blog to be included in Outside.in’s Richmond listings.

Have your own Richmond Top 5 or want the Professor of Blogiology to come to your town? Raise your hand and we’ll call on you, or you can leave a note in the comments section.

Methodology: Our rankings track local buzz by analyzing a mix of variables including: total number of posts, location of posts, links from other sites in the community, and feedback from Outside.in members. Bloggiest Neighborhoods/Top Blogs, past 30 days; Most Talked About Stories, past 7 days.

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  • http://chpn.net john m

    Check out the RVA blog aggregator http://rvablogs.com and the Richmond neighborhood blog aggregator http://rvanews.com

  • http://floricane.typepad.com John Sarvay

    Ahem. It's John SARVAY. But thanks for the mention, and do what john m suggests — rvablogs and rvanews are the anchors to our bloggy ships.

  • http://blog.outside.in/ outsidein

    Thanks guys! rvablogs gets lots of love on the Outside.in site, but we left them off the Dept. of Blogiology roundup in favor of local blogs that feature primarily original content. We'd love for one of you to submit rvanews into our system– looks like they're publishing lots of great content. You can do that on http://outside.in/geotoolkit.

  • http://www.rvajazz.com/2008/12/outsidein-names-rvajazz-as-one-of.html Dean Christesen – RVAjazz

    Thanks, what an honor! As for rvanews, they produce original and aggregated content from neighborhood blogs. It could be pretty cool if only the original content was sent to Outside.in. I'll let you dish that out with them, though.

  • Dallas

    So…how many unique viewers does Outside in get per day, average?

  • http://tarichmond.com Jeff

    At the risk of sounding like a complete jerk, well, I am anyway. First question: must blogs be registered with O.I to get onto this list? If so that's one thing, but if not these rankings are off. In vino, for one, isn't up and coming, it's established. No offense to Baliles, but RCR isn't the biggest art scene blog in Richmond, and I'm sure RCRs status as a top Richmond blog has waned in recent months. Where is Jack Goes Forth? And dare I say my and my partners' well traveled and heavily written Tobacco Ave? And I wish I could cook? List goes on but regardless, a list is a list is a list…

  • http://fdhub.net/reporter-needed/ The Fan District Hub » Blog Archive » Reporter needed

    [...] what its worth, The Hub was just named as a top-shelf local blog by aggregator Outside.in. Click here for “Dept. of Blogiology 101: [...]

  • http://blog.outside.in/ outsidein

    thanks for the heads up, we just added Tobacco Warehouse and Jack Goes Forth. any others that should be on our radar? we try to have a comprehensive list of top neighborhood blogs, but sometimes we miss. Next time we do a Richmond roundup they'll all definitely be included. folks who have a site can also be 100% sure its in our system by adding their feed manually at http://outside.in/geotoolkit.

  • http://eatdrinkandhopeitisnotscary.blogspot.com invinoveritas

    thank you – but who is tobacco warehouse?

  • http://blog.outside.in/2008/12/03/dept-of-blogiology-101-miami/ outside.in » Dept of Blogiology 101: Miami

    [...] classes have covered Richmond, Dallas, Phoenix, Durham, Detroit, Ann Arbor, Portland, Philadelphia, Buffalo, San Francisco, St. [...]

  • Jason

    It's Tobacco Avenue — tarichmond.com

  • http://saverichmond.com Don

    At the risk of sounding like an even more complete jerk than Jeff — who is a lovely person, actually — we've been doing a fair amount of arts coverage over at Save Richmond since 2003. And we have just started a new series of posts called the Richmond Arts Flashback. The arts AND history? Hells yeah. That's http://saverichmond.com

  • Anonymous

    Does anyone with Outside.in even live in richmond? I say leave blog aggregation to the locals. http://rvablogs.com rules!

  • markjosephson

    Hey there. No, we don't live in Richmond, but we hear it's great!

    Just checked out rvablogs, and you're right, it does rule.

    Hopefully we can find some ways to work together.

  • http://www.lionsdeal.com dinnerware

    I wonder who's got the best cooking blog out there. Anyone?

    By the way, have you heard about Lion's Deal, the online kitchen and restaurant equipment store? They've got lots of great discount in their web site! Just enter the coupon code on the checkout page to get the discount 'online 10' which will give 8-10% off everything on the entire website with a minimum $50 order.

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