"local coverage" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
For example, you could say "Local coverage of the event was in-depth and comprehensive."
And local coverage could be in the offing.
Mr. Kovach said his Pulitzer entries in his last year were for local coverage.
There are also many other online news sites that are intent on providing more local coverage.
Local coverage has grown to include Pittsburgh, Dayton, Cincinnati and several smaller cities in the region.
"I came to Kent in 1997, and didn't think much of the local coverage," he said.
And he said the new satellite's local coverage beams would be a key to retaining subscribers.
Carroll and Baquet's obsession with matching America's best newspapers came at the expense of local coverage.
The paper had outsourced some of its local coverage to Journatic three months ago.
And what Tribune did to local coverage after acquiring the paper only reinforced those concerns.
Even on the Internet, where scale matters, local coverage remains a promising frontier.
(Not surprisingly, the show has inspired at least a little breathless local coverage).
