Blogs. They’re the thing to do these days, especially if you’re an emotive teenager, a politically frustrated soccer mom or a wannabe critic.
They’re also the thing to do these days for some newspapers–and the Tucson Weekly now has its own blog. Check it out at blog.tucsonweekly.com.
We’re excited about the blog, for numerous reasons. For one thing, it gives us more of a daily presence; you can go to the blog for regular updates, insight and analysis. We’re not just a weekly anymore.
Second, we’re excited about the prospect of having a forum where we can say and show things that we could not–due to space, time, etc.–in the newspaper itself. For example, Jim Nintzel will get to blog on TV shows and movies, and James DiGiovanna will get to blog on politics. If we get a breaking-news scoop that can’t wait for the print version, we can throw it on to the blog.
Third, we’re excited about the fact that the blog can become a conversation, of sorts–anybody can comment on any blog entry, instantaneously.
Finally, we’re excited about what you’ll think of the blog. We hope the cadre of writers who have tentatively agreed to blog–including Nintzel, DiGiovanna, Saxon Burns, John Banks, Karyn Zoldan, Annie Holub, Curtis McCrary and me–will be entertaining, insightful and informative. We hope you’ll make blog.tucsonweekly.com a regular part of your Internet surfing.
Check it out–again, the address is blog.tucsonweekly.com–and let me know what you think.
This article appears in Jun 8-14, 2006.
