Comments on: Three good things I read this week http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/three-good-things-i-read-this-week/ Notes from the classroom and observations about today's practice of journalism online Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:35:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Chris http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/three-good-things-i-read-this-week/#comment-2295 Chris Sun, 01 Jul 2007 05:49:43 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/three-good-things-i-read-this-week/#comment-2295 Not that anyone reading this page is likely in need of another data point in favor of blogs, but <a href="http://rconversation.blogs.com/rconversation/2007/06/blogs-and-china.html" rel="nofollow">this post</a> by Rebecca McKinnon is worth considering. China has a thriving blogosphere (or several, depending on whether you divide it by language), and it's become a major source of news in the country. McKinnon has her own reasons why international reporters do and should pay attention to blogs, to which I'd highlight one: There are so many story lines at play here, requiring so much specialized knowledge (media, business, translation, for example) that bloggers are best suited to fill those niches. Not that anyone reading this page is likely in need of another data point in favor of blogs, but this post by Rebecca McKinnon is worth considering.

China has a thriving blogosphere (or several, depending on whether you divide it by language), and it’s become a major source of news in the country. McKinnon has her own reasons why international reporters do and should pay attention to blogs, to which I’d highlight one: There are so many story lines at play here, requiring so much specialized knowledge (media, business, translation, for example) that bloggers are best suited to fill those niches.

]]> By: Pat http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/three-good-things-i-read-this-week/#comment-2287 Pat Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:42:46 +0000 http://www.mindymcadams.com/tojou/2007/three-good-things-i-read-this-week/#comment-2287 <p>Mindy,<br/><br/>It's amazing to see the hostility towards blogs. Yeah, some bloggers are nothing more than shills for their perspective causes (typically politically oriented), but a lot of other bloggers provide a real service to people and serve as conversation starters.<br/><br/>The chances of getting any quality time with an editor these days is very little. Newspapers are understaffed and interns have little hope to learn much from editors who are too busy to do much more than occasionally assign them something to do.<br/><br/>Btw, I interviewed you last year for my journalism honors thesis at Lehigh University. You can check out my blog at http://www.patthorntonfiles.com/blog</p> Mindy,

It’s amazing to see the hostility towards blogs. Yeah, some bloggers are nothing more than shills for their perspective causes (typically politically oriented), but a lot of other bloggers provide a real service to people and serve as conversation starters.

The chances of getting any quality time with an editor these days is very little. Newspapers are understaffed and interns have little hope to learn much from editors who are too busy to do much more than occasionally assign them something to do.

Btw, I interviewed you last year for my journalism honors thesis at Lehigh University. You can check out my blog at http://www.patthorntonfiles.com/blog

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