Blog on!
After having checked out these blogs for about a week now, I admit that it's a totally different medium than the one I'm used to. We write news stories each week for the North Stoddard Countian, and we manage to come up with a column every two weeks - but I have yet to get the hang of this blogging thing!
I'm following the other Statesman bloggers carefully, and I think they're doing a terrific job! I'm especially impressed with Corey and Minnie (whoever she may be!). Corey's blogs are attracting the most fascinating participants! They are remarkably well-informed and articulate. One of them is even going to school overseas and is logging onto the old Dexter website from London or Paris!
Wow! The clash of ideas is all the more interesting because (unlike live action) they can't interrupt each other and try to shout each other down. I hate that! These blogs are so much more civilized. When they get too intense or personal, there's always someone to come in and say, "Hey, guys, this is what we've fought for -- the right for everyone to speak their mind!"
With Minnie O'Pausal's blog, I find myself thinking, "Wow, I could've written that!! As I read it, I say, "Yeah, this is ME!" Like when she came out with, "I am my mother" - I almost fell over! How many times have my children said, "Mom, you're gettin' just like Gram!"
"No, I'm NOT!" I shout -- but I know they're right!
Some of you may have had experience with chat rooms, but this is a first for me, and I find that I like it quite exceedingly well!
There's just one problem that I can see. I'm spending way too much time, checking them out! Next thing you know, I'll be staying up all night, like some of the others....
One way or another, this is a really terrific experience. So - to whoever thought it up for the Statesman -- thanks! And thanks for giving the NSC staff a chance to join you in this fantastic voyage into the technological future of journalism!!
This is Madeline DeJournett, signing off from the hills of Tillman, Mo.
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It's interesting to see all the different facets of a writer's personality, background, and life experience.
What will the future hold????? Will we tire of this medium? Will we run out of topics? Will we just forget one day to post a comment......and let our blogs fall into disrepair....?
Corey, have you checked out the Southeast Missourian's blogs? I admit that I haven't thought of it before today, but I think I will. After I check all ours (each morning and each night), I sometimes find myself wanting more.
Thanks. I guess you can tell that I enjoy my job very much -- sometimes so much that I'm afraid any minute I'll get fired for having TOO MUCH fun!
I think this is the only job that I could ever love as much as I loved teaching. In fact, I always avoided journalism, thinking it was just straight news reporting - incredibly boring, because the reporter wasn't allowed to use opinion. Now I know that there's a lot more to it!