1. Make Northfield’s geographic scope explicit
Northfield is a municipal-town in Washtenaw County, Michigan. That relationship matters because a news program should distinguish township coverage from countywide, statewide and metropolitan coverage. A page about a Michigan legal development may be relevant to a Northfield practice even when the event did not occur in Northfield. Conversely, a page about an incident elsewhere in Michigan may be unsuitable if it does not connect to the firm’s practice areas or the questions its clients ask.
Recommended approach
At consultation, define the geographic boundaries for each practice area separately. Review whether a page should discuss Northfield, Washtenaw County, Michigan or another legally relevant location, and require every proposed story to use the narrowest accurate description.
