Earlier today I linked to and excerpted from an article in today’s Wall St. Journal (pointed out to me by Ross) titled: All I Wanted for Christmas Was a Newspaper; Bloggers are no replacement for real journalists.
Paul Mulshine, opinion columnist for the Newark Star-Ledger, misses the point when he argues that citizens aren’t likely to voluntarily ‘cover,’ for example, city council meetings for their blogs in the same way that a reporter does for a newspaper.
In today’s Star Tribune, local music writer Chris Riemenschneider has a piece titled “2008 recap: Just the best“. The photo at left, by Tom Wallace, illustrates the story. No doubt…
In a panic for last minute gifts? I’m sure one of Northfield’s three downtown booksellers (Bookfellows, Monkey See Monkey Read, River City Books) can find one or both of these…
One of my kids’ favorite books when they were little was the The Berenstain Bears & the Spooky Old Tree. So they always loved to climb/hide inside the spooky…
I took these photos last night of two, um, gender-neutral snow figures locked in a non-Platonic embrace. How does one describe such a scene? “Snowmen kissing” presents obvious problems,…
Yesterday Northfield Citizens Online board member Rob Hardy added a post titled Citizen Journalism to his Rough Draft blog:
Since its inception in the 1990s, Northfield.org has evolved into more of an electronic community bulletin board than an outlet for the reporting of local news. A few years ago, Griff Wigley, one of the founders of Northfield.org, spun off to create his own group blog, LocallyGrown, which—along with its companion radio show and podcast—does feature hard news and commentary about local issues. Earlier this year, LocallyGrown teamed up with reporter Bonnie Obremski to provide local Representative Journalism.