Web traffic boost for Plymouth Herald as local blast story goes national

Posted by Martin Stabe on 8 January 2008 at 14:17
Tags: Journalism, Online, Plymouth Herald

A local story that has attracted national news attention is the top story at the Plymouth Herald’s web site today.

The story of a gas explosion that killed a nine-year-old girl is currently running on national news web sites including Sky News and Times Online, but has been on the Plymouth Herald’s web site, ThisIsPlymouth since 7am.

“The story has attracted 5,000 hits and will probably attract another 5,000 before the end of the day,” said Herald web editor Neil Shaw.