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TV Jersey Shining Through The Clouds And Floods

Aside from the typical case of the blues that follows a few days without sun I wasn’t hit by the flooding rains the latest storms in the area. But many areas around me were, and new style media and news site launched a few months ago by some staff members at the Star-Ledger, TV Jersey has gathered up a number of videos [mostly from youtube ] from flooded areas around the state.

As for TV Jersey, while the site isn’t tying to do much or be real busy, it often touches on local sports clips and other events that might not get attention elsewhere. In doing so makes an interesting case study on how to gather the news when there are so many different people capturing it.

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