Blogs are at the center of the new journalism.
At the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette I do try to squeeze in news about local events that the readers of the blog might be interested in. After all, the blog is set up like a newspaper. And as the blog evolves it will report more local news simply because it has a constant need for content.
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One of the online newspapers that I read encourages its readers to be reporters, too. The newspaper has no print edition. If the reader’s content is accepted for publication the reader/reporter gets paid. In this way the newspaper can have reporters anywhere in the world. It cost the newspaper nothing to have all these reporters all over the world. No news no money.
Of course, the Gazette is strictly a one person operation; but there are millions of one person blogs out there reporting the news. It’s the new journalism; and occasionally a blogger of one of these one person operations will have an article picked up by the national and international online and print outlets.
Yes, it all comes back to money. Much of national and international reporting is moving online. Since the beginning of blogging, local reporting has always been online.
So, the Gazette is now in the very center of the new journalism. The Gazette may never break a big story, but you never know.
The point of this article is, if you’re looking for content why not consider being a reporter of the news of your city, neighborhood, school or church?
There are plenty of opportunities in the new journalism for the imaginative blogger.
November 26th, 2009 at 5:12 am
I think it depends, not all blogs can work well, some just shrink from the search engine.
November 26th, 2009 at 5:58 am
Thanks for sharing your thoughts,
November 26th, 2009 at 6:03 am
thats true. Thank you for the article…
November 26th, 2009 at 6:34 am
I’m enjoying retirement to much to do what you suggest. Thanks, anyway.
November 26th, 2009 at 7:29 am
Good advice I may look into on-line newspapers I’m enjoying Triond and love the positive feeback from other writers. However I will never get rich on Triond so I will look into your suggestion thanks.
November 26th, 2009 at 7:30 am
Good suggestions, keeping them in mind.
November 26th, 2009 at 7:54 am
good writing.
November 26th, 2009 at 8:28 am
I agree with chan…
November 26th, 2009 at 11:07 am
CHAN LEE, yes all blogs are not set up to be newspapers.
November 26th, 2009 at 11:09 am
giftarist, I hope you found something useful in the article.
November 26th, 2009 at 11:14 am
drelayaraja, a blog makes an excellent platform for small niche reporting.
November 26th, 2009 at 11:16 am
ken, a happy retirement is a wonderful thing.
November 26th, 2009 at 11:20 am
Lord Banks, it’s an idea. Reporting is not for everyone.
November 26th, 2009 at 11:24 am
wonder, it’s just an idea. It may work for some people and not for others.
November 26th, 2009 at 11:29 am
Petalm, thank you and I hope you got some useful information from the article.
November 26th, 2009 at 11:33 am
cutedrishti8, it’s true that every blog would not make a good newspaper. They’re just not set up that way.
November 26th, 2009 at 11:39 am
Great information as usual thanks for sharing. This is actually the only place I blog.
November 26th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
great wonderful information… thank you
November 26th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
diamondpoet, I started the Gazette before I discovered Triond so I keep blogging on the Gazette, too.
November 26th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
svishnugopal, this may not work for everyone. It’s just another option.
November 26th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
nice information .. but i think all blogs are not working …
November 26th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Nice thought!
November 26th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
I still love my newspaper and I hope it never goes out of business.
November 27th, 2009 at 4:42 am
A useful tip. Your news reports could be related to the theme of your blog. I often cover railway news in my blog because it fits in with the general theme of the blog and it interests my readers.
November 27th, 2009 at 8:12 am
The great challenge to a blog is to keep it updated, to come up with new posts and ideas.
November 27th, 2009 at 9:42 am
nice post.
November 27th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Some good useful advice. Thanks for being kind enough to share your ideas.
November 28th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Very well written. I like this as your other article does.