1. Define the geographic boundary before reviewing story coverage
Your firm should decide whether Legal News is intended to address Tacoma only, Pierce County, Washington, or a broader area your practice actually serves. Those are different geographic relationships: a Tacoma page is not automatically a Pierce County page, and a Washington-wide story is not automatically locally relevant. Bosseo’s public Legal News description says stories are matched to a firm’s practice areas and state. That makes geographic scoping a necessary consultation question. Ask how a proposed page will identify the affected area, whether the wording should name Tacoma, Pierce County or Washington, and whether a story’s relevance depends on a local incident, a state law or both.
Recommended approach
Create a written geographic rule for approval. Include the places your firm serves, the places it does not claim to serve, and the circumstances in which statewide coverage is useful.
