fixBuffalo readers know that I'm interested in the intersection between print media - newspapers - and the new media, blogs and Internet content. Wrote about it recently, here.
While the Buffalo News is still stuck in the mid-90's and on-line readers have no way of interacting with BN reporters, the same is not true in other cities close by. While I've been lurking around the Toronto Star for awhile learned recently about the blogs at a few NY papers recently from a very loyal fixBuffalo fan...
Buffalo News folks hit this blog on regular daily basis...somone, please let me know why we can't have the level of interaction that happens elsewhere. Would really like to know...your comment could be anonymous...thanks!
While the Buffalo News is still stuck in the mid-90's and on-line readers have no way of interacting with BN reporters, the same is not true in other cities close by. While I've been lurking around the Toronto Star for awhile learned recently about the blogs at a few NY papers recently from a very loyal fixBuffalo fan...
- Toronto Star reporters blog about their writing and dialog with readers on a regular basis, right here. One of coolest parts of the Toronto Star on-line is the guided tour section - right here. Like to get to the Kensington Market at some point in the near future - so just checked out A culinary tour of the Kensington Market.
- Rochester's Democrat & Chronicle has a series of reporter and writer blogs - here. They rely on google's blogger program - just like fixBuffalo - for the free hosting.
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, same. Here the blogs. Yet you'll quickly see that comments have been dis-abled.
- In Albany the Times Union has a series of blogs up and running, too. Very quick registration loop before you can begin commenting.
- Syracuse's Post Standard, too. While the blogs here are rather static, no commenting going on, the forum section has some hot debate.
Buffalo News folks hit this blog on regular daily basis...somone, please let me know why we can't have the level of interaction that happens elsewhere. Would really like to know...your comment could be anonymous...thanks!
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I am wanting to get in contact with an old friend-George Hyde Jr. Can anyone help me. moniquelovering@hotmail.com THANK YOU
Love the Kennsington Market. What a romantic spot, if you love food and the bustle of the marketplace.
Anon 6:24...
you may want to try reaching him at the Hyde Family Foundation.
Like every other industry, a buisness needs to inovate and evolve. I don't feel bad for any papers that fail to take advantage of all these innovations to keep/obtain consumers.
Even the Lockport Journal has a 3rd party (Dear Martha?) that hosts forums on the articles that are in the paper, or a user can also create thier own topic.
The NY Times sounds sweet.
just off the phone with BN reporters...am told that substantial changes are in order...soon. whatever that means. we'll see...
The second to my least favorite newspaper on the planet…The Buffalo Snooze!
Perhaps my concept of a newspaper is from watching old movies featuring huge rooms with cigar-smoking journalists typing away on Underwood typewriters actually writing something of interest and adhering to the adage: “if you’re not upsetting anyone with your writings, than you’re not writing anything of much interest.”
Oh, I beg to differ; there is one journalist who does push the proverbial buttons and that would be Rod Watson, but his journalist masterpieces are inflammatory and overtly racial.
If he were a non-Caucasian there would be a race riot outside of the Buffalo News office.
Much to my amazement, the Buffalo News actually publishes his claptrap.
However, unlike the other Buffalo News journalists, Rod Watson can be emailed directly without being limited to a brief note as-like the other staff members. Plus, he does respond occasional but only when the proverbial stereotyping and racial profiling is directed right back to him.
As for the first least favorite newspaper – The Niagara Reporter – the most negative, journalistically inept, fish-wrapper to ever hit the streets!
No wonder it is free!!!
Time to bring back the Courier Express in a New York Post format!