Worth A Read

Here's an interesting thing.

I have become interested in online newspapers, specifically the blogs, or columns as I guess they would be in the hard copy version. The link below is to the News Record. A North Carolina newspaper. The Editor has an experimental blog (or Log as he prefers to call it). He holds forth, which is always interesting. Sometimes just whatever he's been thinking about. Sometimes a news item catches his eye. All readable and commentable.

Which the point, really. He has a place for reader comments. Sadly, not many seem to be taking him up on it. Why is this? A place for opinion and discussion and no one wants to play? How many people have shared an opinion with you today? How many people are capable of reading a newspaper column and not having an opinion? Why are they not sharing?

Get in there. Read the paper - it's worth a look through. Make your opinions known. Let's join in and chat with the editor. He must be terribly bored pontificating on his own. It's time to talk back!

http://blog.nrinteractive.com/staff/jrblog/index.html


Further, I happened upon an interesting trial or experiment, I suppose. Participatory journalism. It's a new idea (is it? have you seen it anywhere else?) where normal people like you and me, people with no press card or journalistic background, write the news.

Have you been caught up in something newsworthy? Have you witnessed a crime or disaster which we should all know about? Do you have first hand experience of (or, even better, pictures or video of) something the hacks should have been there for?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6639760/


And if you fancy a swift search of some of the media blogs available out there, the New York Times has a comprehensive list. They are also encouraging people to send in addresses of any they read and enjoy.

http://www.nytimes.com/ref/technology/blogs_101.html

*cough*