Queen Anne View, along with the rest of the Next Door Media family, which includes My Ballard, PhinneyWood, Magnolia Voice and Fremont Universe, is thrilled to announce a new partnership with the Seattle Times.

Originating with a grant by American University’s J-Lab, an organization dedicated to bolstering innovations in journalism in the digital age, the Times is one of five news organizations around the country who will be working with hyper-local community news sites (that’s us!) for the year-long partnership.

Through the partnership we will be exploring new ways to work together. A component of this includes the Times and Queen Anne View linking to each other, something you may have already noticed. Other community sites who are part of this new partnership include our friends at the West Seattle Blog, Capitol Hill Seattle, and the Rainier Valley Post.

Thank you, readers, advertisers, contributors and tip-senders! Queen Anne View is a news site for the community, powered by the community. So much of our content comes from you, and it is all geared toward the neighborhood. Our site, and the others at Next Door Media, couldn’t do this without you! As a truly neighborhood-based local news service, we’re very excited to have the support of the Times and all of you!

For more information on this partnership, see the post on My Ballard, which includes the press release published by the Seattle Times this morning.