1. Define the geographic brief before reviewing stories
Federal Heights is recorded as a city in Adams County, Colorado. That relationship matters because a story may be relevant to Colorado, Adams County, the Denver metropolitan area, or Federal Heights itself, and those are not interchangeable audiences. A city-specific page should not imply that an event occurred in Federal Heights when the source concerns another place. Likewise, a statewide legal development may be useful to a Colorado practice without being local news. Bosseo describes Legal News as matching coverage to a firm’s practice areas and state. The consultation should clarify how the service handles a Federal Heights address, Adams County coverage, statewide developments, and stories from the surrounding metropolitan area.
Recommended approach
Prepare a geographic rule set with separate labels for Federal Heights, Adams County, Colorado, and any broader area the firm intentionally serves. Ask to review how a proposed story’s location and legal relevance would be represented before publication.
