The following are some ideas that I’ve been thinking about the past few days that could potentially make decent stories. I was trying to think of topics that would benefit the community in some way, e.g., in terms of publicity, stuff community members might not be aware of/want more information about, etc.
• Small, niche businesses around the area (e.g., ones that could use some publicity or just seem interesting)
• Public health services around the area (locations, services offered, health stats, etc.)
• Green initiatives in the community (places/businesses that might be trying to go green, what places/businesses need to go green, what places/businesses are doing to go green, etc.)
• Domestic violence/women’s centers/shelters (locations, services offered, stats, how heavily these places are utilized, is the area lacking, etc.)
• Apt. complexes/landlords that are off the radar (what do they own, avg. rent, complex details, etc.)
• Employment centers around the area and employment statistics (maybe this could be combined with something on résumé writing?)
• Happenings at MMCC (like, maybe an MMCC beat/correspondent or something?)
Like I said, these are just ideas that I’m throwing out there, so, as always, feel free to comment. But it’d be super awesome if people could contribute some more ideas:)