Press's new political blog seeks to enlighten with original sources
BRISTOL - A new Bristol Blog aims to take a detailed, and hopefully enlightening, look at what's happening at City Hall and in political circles generally.
The blog, written by Bristol Press reporter Steve Collins, started off as an experiment in early May, but it's already won an audience.
It's a little more personal and conversational in tone than a news story can ever be," Collins said. "But my goal is to make sure that journalistic standards remain high.
"The blog can be found online at www.bristolnews.blogspot.com and through the Press Web site, www.bristolpress.com.
It gives readers a chance to read documents mentioned in news stories, get political updates faster, catch tidbits that don't make it into print, and to comment on what they see.
This week, for example, e-mails and "scripts" that formed the foundation of a couple of Press stories were available in their entirety on the blog.
"As a reader, I love to turn to the original sources to find out more than news stories can include in the limited space available in print. That's one of the services that this blog can provide," Collins said.
Though the blog encourages readers to comment, all readers' posts must be approved before anyone can see them.
Those that are offensive, malicious or potentially libelous won't make the cut.
"I've seen how vicious commentary on the Internet can get," Collins said, "and I won't let that happen."
3 comments:
Congratulations on the Bristol Blog. You are providing a real service and it's well done.
Tom Cosgrove
Much better then the dictator on the Bristolct.com site! No matter what you say on there, if HE doesn't like it, he shuts it down.
At least you give people the chance to voice their opinions and concerns, without the nasty stuff!
Richard D. - Bristol
Hey just stumbled upon the blog. Glad to see it it up and running.
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