New v. Old: blogs and newspapers

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...

• 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.
  

Been subscribing to the NYTimes since teaching days and am amazed with the content and how it's presented. The second tab on the top takes you to My Times which is totally customizable desktop. There's even an embedded spot for your gmail and an option to keep track of your favorite photos with flickr that uses the tag system. cool. NYT also leads the pack when it comes to writer's and reporter's blogs, right here. Good example is the Empire Zone featuring postings and comments about NYS politics. Make sure to play around with the tags on the right hand side.

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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