1. Treat Cedartown and Polk County as separate coverage decisions
Cedartown is a municipality in Polk County. Those labels are not interchangeable, and neither one automatically describes a judicial circuit, court class or metropolitan area. Georgia Courts publishes official court-system resources for citizens and legal professionals, but a news page should not turn a city, county, court or circuit into the same geographic category. A Cedartown firm should therefore decide whether a story is relevant because it affects people in Cedartown, because it concerns Polk County, or because it is a Georgia-wide legal development. The page should say which relationship is actually supported.
Recommended approach
Build geographic review around the firm’s actual service definition. Review proposed coverage separately for Cedartown, Polk County and Georgia-wide subjects. If a story concerns another county, city or court, require a reason to include it rather than treating proximity as proof of relevance.
