While the local newspaper I read offers pretty good real time news in regards to extreme weather events, such as storms, Scott Karp found The Washington Post's recent coverage of, and access to, news of a local storm left much to be desired. While he feels The Washington Post has a very helpful weather blog, which offers useful, real time information, it is near nigh impossible to locate, ... Read full entry

Fairfax unveils youth news website So this is citizen journalism! Australian newspaper publishers Fairfax today launched The Vine, an online news service especially for Generation Y readers. Unlike traditional news services, The Vine encourages reader participation (user contributed content) by promising members the possibility of "fifteen megabytes of fame", according to Fairfax senior product manager, Cinnamon Pollard. "We found that there are three key things that young people seek when ... Read full entry

When it was established that I was the only "blogger" at the table the other evening, the assumptions I was a walking font of knowledge on all matters bloggy were not far behind. Mind you some of the questions were interesting, including "do you think blogging will bring about the demise of newspapers?" Now there's something that a lot of people have been talking about for a while, and there's certainly little ... Read full entry