1. Define the geographic brief before reviewing stories
Seattle and King County are not interchangeable with the wider Seattle metropolitan area or all of Washington. A firm serving Seattle may also accept matters elsewhere in King County, while another firm may limit representation to a narrower service area. Bosseo’s public Legal News description says its monitoring is matched to a firm’s practice areas and state. That makes geographic scope a decision point: determine whether your editorial brief should address Seattle incidents, King County proceedings, Washington law and agencies, or a combination your firm can actually serve.
Recommended approach
Write down the locations your firm serves and the locations it does not. Ask to see how a proposed Seattle-and-Washington brief would distinguish a locally relevant story from a story that is merely statewide or nationally interesting. Keep the geographic statement on each page accurate to the underlying event.
