Friday, December 03, 2004
Toronto's eye weekly starts blog
Toronto alternative weekly (where I was once news editor) eye started a blog about a week ago.
It seems that after about two years of blogging and discussion of the topic by a small core of journalists (initially just David Akin and me -- both without realizing the other was doing it), 2004 is the year that the Toronto media establishment has finally started to catch on that blogs have a lot of currency with young, educated urbanites, and can also be great tools for journalists.
I recall that at the Canadian Association of Journalists 25th anniversary conference's blogging panel, there were several senior editors and managers from Toronto media outlets busily scribbling notes... but there's still a long way to go between then, now and what could be achieved if the news media take advantage of the tools at hand.
It seems that after about two years of blogging and discussion of the topic by a small core of journalists (initially just David Akin and me -- both without realizing the other was doing it), 2004 is the year that the Toronto media establishment has finally started to catch on that blogs have a lot of currency with young, educated urbanites, and can also be great tools for journalists.
I recall that at the Canadian Association of Journalists 25th anniversary conference's blogging panel, there were several senior editors and managers from Toronto media outlets busily scribbling notes... but there's still a long way to go between then, now and what could be achieved if the news media take advantage of the tools at hand.
ijournalist | posted by SK : 2:09 AM |
