1. Set the geographic boundary before choosing stories
San Rafael and Marin County are not interchangeable with the entire San Francisco metropolitan area or California. A San Rafael firm should therefore decide whether its useful coverage is city-focused, county-focused, statewide or a combination. A crash affecting a Marin County roadway, a California statute, and a federal development may each require a different explanation and call to action. Bosseo’s public Legal News page says its system monitors legal-news sources for a firm’s state and matches stories to practice areas. The consultation should determine how that stated statewide scope would be reviewed for a firm serving San Rafael.
Recommended approach
Write a geographic policy before approving pages: identify when San Rafael or Marin County belongs in the headline, when California is the proper scope, and when a story should be skipped because its connection to the firm is too remote.
