Patch

Your online source for all things local.

Patch is dedicated to providing comprehensive and trusted local coverage for more than 860 individual towns across the country.

Patch is a new way for local residents to find out about – and participate in – what matters most to them in their neighborhoods.
Patch makes it easier to keep up with local news, discover town events, and join the community conversation.
Residents can post comments and photos to any story, create announcements and events, browse and review local businesses, even discover nearby deals.
Patch is powered by over 1,000 professional editors, along with writers, photographers and videographers who live in or near the communities they cover.
As the web’s fastest growing local property, Patch operates sites in more than 860 communities across the US.
Patch also gives residents a chance to share their neighborhood perspectives through Local Voices – a platform for over 8,000 local bloggers.
Patch’s stories have been covered by major media outlets including CNN, Fox News, The New York Times, Reuters, People, and Newsweek.

As Editor-in-Chief of Patch, Brian Farnham leads a force of over 1,000 local editors. Before joining Patch, he held the same title at Time Out New York. He has also worked for a variety of publications both online and off, including Details, New York Magazine, and Sidewalk.com.
On average, Patch local editors have 8.5 years of journalism experience, with over 6 of those spent covering local communities. Amongst this group includes 7 Pulitzer Prize winners, an additional 8 Pulitzer Prize nominees or finalists, and a number of former or current journalism professors.

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