Comments on: The general-interest breaking news blog http://www.oldforestnewtrees.com/2006/04/06/the-general-interest-breaking-news-blog/ Entrepreneurial local journalism Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:49:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael http://www.oldforestnewtrees.com/2006/04/06/the-general-interest-breaking-news-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Michael Sat, 08 Apr 2006 11:03:00 +0000 http://www.howtowalkacrossthecountry.com/treetest/?p=20#comment-18 <a HREF="http://www.langamp.com/borderblog/" REL="nofollow">Friedersdorf's own blog</a> at the L.A. Newspaper Group is in fact a topical blog for a couple of smallish papers, and it does indeed aspire to be the best immigration blog in the country.<br/><br/>It's a great topic and a good read. I'm certainly not opposed to topical blogs, though I do fear that local papers will never find an adequate national audience for a locally written blog. Friedersdorf’s own blog at the L.A. Newspaper Group is in fact a topical blog for a couple of smallish papers, and it does indeed aspire to be the best immigration blog in the country.

It’s a great topic and a good read. I’m certainly not opposed to topical blogs, though I do fear that local papers will never find an adequate national audience for a locally written blog.

]]> By: Michael http://www.oldforestnewtrees.com/2006/04/06/the-general-interest-breaking-news-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Michael Sat, 08 Apr 2006 10:57:00 +0000 http://www.howtowalkacrossthecountry.com/treetest/?p=20#comment-17 A postscript: for another take on small-paper blogs, check out <a HREF="http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/blueplate/issue1/smallbig/" REL="nofollow">Conor Friedersdorf's piece</a> in PressThink's Blue Plate Special that small to medium papers have a chance to "publish the best blog on the Internet, and we ought to aspire to nothing less."<br/><br/>I actually disagree on this point -- big papers will always have more money to play with, whether they're in old or new media -- but he makes a provocative case. And he's right that the boundaries are lower than ever. He also has other lessons from blogs at small papers around the country. A postscript: for another take on small-paper blogs, check out Conor Friedersdorf’s piece in PressThink’s Blue Plate Special that small to medium papers have a chance to “publish the best blog on the Internet, and we ought to aspire to nothing less.”

I actually disagree on this point — big papers will always have more money to play with, whether they’re in old or new media — but he makes a provocative case. And he’s right that the boundaries are lower than ever. He also has other lessons from blogs at small papers around the country.

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