Teaching Journalism has an interesting comparison on journalists who blog.
They compare:
- Bridget Gutierrez, who writes the blog Get Schooled for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Gutierrez covers K-12 education for the newspaper. Previously, she covered K-12 education for the San Antonio (Texas) Express-News
- Jamie Gumbrecht, who writes the blog It’s All About for the Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader. Gumbrecht covers entertainment, media, performing arts, online trends and youth for the newspaper.
It’s a good write-up for journalists and bloggers. I’ve always been a fan of using blogging to extend the newsroom, extend thoughts from the story and to live-blog events that may not translate as well into print. Some of the most fun I had while writing for the paper and blogging was live-blogging city council workshops and budget hearings. There’s a lot of information that gets passed along that can’t always fit into a news story — it also makes for a fun read on the blog. If the money was there it would be fun to start doing that again on my own… hmmmm.
