Initially, the Jena Six were largely ignored by the United States national media, though covered locally and within Louisiana. Both "The Jena Times" and "The Town Talk" (a regional newspaper published in Alexandria, Louisiana) covered the story from its inception. A number of African-American bloggers also covered the story before there was mainstream national press coverage. The first piece on the case to be published by an outside source ran on May 9, 2007, in "Left Turn", a small alternative news magazine.