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title: Local Frontline — The newsroom website built for local news | KSG
description: "Local Frontline is the reader-facing newsroom website from Kenwood Solutions Group: read-along audio, weekly podcasts, live webcams, and ad placements that pay without interrupting the read."
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Local Frontline · newsroom website

# The newsroom website built for local news.

Read-along audio, weekly podcasts, live webcams, and ads that pay — a reader-facing site that turns your edition into an experience people come back to, on every screen.

[Book a demo](https://kenwoodsolutions.com/contact?hsLang=en) [See the features](https://kenwoodsolutions.com/modern-newspaper#features)

![Interactive home page of the Mariposa Gazette demo site, showing the Editor's Pick article carousel.](https://kenwoodsolutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%20from%202024-12-03%2018-12-57.png?width=982&height=617&name=Screenshot%20from%202024-12-03%2018-12-57.png)

Built with you in mind

## News as an immersive digital experience.

### Read-along auto-scroll

Audio narration synced to the text, with the current paragraph highlighted and the page scrolling on its own. Hands-free for commuters; essential for readers who can't see the page well.

### Weekly summary podcasts

Every edition becomes a produced audio summary with natural AI voices, published to Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and iHeartRadio automatically.

### Live webcams

Real-time streams of local landmarks, events, and public spaces embedded on the site — the paper becomes the town's window.

### Ads that don't interrupt

Banner, sidebar, and end-of-article video placements that play after the narration finishes. Revenue without wrecking the read.

### Responsive, fast, accessible

One design for desktop, tablet, and phone. Quick loads, clear navigation, WCAG-minded from the start.

### Your brand, your CMS

Customizable themes and a feed from the CMS you already publish with. Pairs with Alexa for Publishers and Podcast Studio.

![Mariposa Gazette article showing the Read-Along feature auto-highlighting the paragraph being narrated by the audio player.](https://kenwoodsolutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/readAlong.png?width=1279&height=611&name=readAlong.png)

Read-along

## Listen, follow, and never lose your place

The narrated paragraph highlights as the page scrolls at a comfortable pace. Adjustable speed, natural-sounding voices, and a player that stays put at the bottom of the article.

- Built for visually impaired readers and auditory learners
- Works while commuting, cooking, or exercising
- Every article, automatically — no extra production step

![Embedded podcast player for the 2024Talks December 03, 2024 episode on the Mariposa Gazette site.](https://kenwoodsolutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%20from%202024-12-03%2018-54-26.png?width=1297&height=620&name=Screenshot%20from%202024-12-03%2018-54-26.png)

Podcasts

## A podcast section your readers actually use

Curated and trending shows embedded on the site — local news, politics, sports, community events — plus your own weekly edition summary, produced by [Podcast Studio](https://kenwoodsolutions.com/ai-podcast?hsLang=en).

![Live webcam stream from Tenaya Lodge showing a nighttime forest view near Yosemite.](https://kenwoodsolutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%20from%202024-11-19%2019-37-24.png?width=1286&height=618&name=Screenshot%20from%202024-11-19%2019-37-24.png)

Live webcams

## Bring the community closer

Scenic views, downtown, the fairgrounds, the pass — readers check the live feed, then read the story. It's the reason they open the site twice a day.

![Video ad for Yosemite Mariposa County playing at the end of a Mariposa Gazette article.](https://kenwoodsolutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%20from%202024-11-19%2019-47-05.png?width=1285&height=605&name=Screenshot%20from%202024-11-19%2019-47-05.png)

Advertising

## Smooth ad integration

Banner ads, sidebar placements, and video ads that play at the end of the article after narration finishes. Prime visibility for advertisers, no disruption for readers.

- Video ads placed after the audio, never over it
- Banner and sidebar formats between article listings
- Balance monetization and reader satisfaction

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## Built on the Mariposa Gazette.

Local Frontline was developed with a real county weekly — the screenshots on this page are the live product, not mockups. Sports section, Editor's Pick video stories, mobile-first layout.

- Interactive home page with Editor's Pick carousel
- Category pages with article cards
- Video stories that scale from desktop to phone
- Local radio embedded alongside the news

## See Local Frontline with your own masthead.

Send us one edition. We'll show you what your readers would see — and hear.

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