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Article: D.C.'s race for mayor in spotlight; Blogs, neighborhood papers provide play-by-play reports.(CITIZEN JOURNALISM: DISTRICT)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
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- October 28, 2009
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Byline: Deborah Simmons, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Washington is hardly a one-newspaper town. Yet while its major news organs compete by devoting considerable resources to national and foreign affairs, its other papers and blogs are shining bright lights inside City Hall.
From the 2010 mayoral race and same-sex marriage to mayoral appointments and school reform, blog sites and community papers are giving readers blow-by-blow descriptions.
Coverage of the mayor's race, which is being called the Anybody but Fenty contest, or ABF, is a perfect example.
All three major D.C. newspapers have reported on the war chest of incumbent Adrian M. Fenty, ...