Blog-on

Poynter is a journalim school in America. The site hosts a long list of published papers on blogging. I have trawled through a few of them and opened my mind to blogging.

I have learnt a few general facts including, people continue to access traditional media sites to find news. Blogs are however attracting enormous attention and their popularity and influence is starting to measurable.

A December 2006 post on the Poynter site by Steve Outing, refers to a New York Magazine article that shows "just how mainstream blogging is becoming", and suggests that the hottest blog topic is politics. It's a quick easy read and quite interesting. Click here, if you'd like to check it out.