A city commissioner in Portland, Ore., sparked something of an Internet firestorm this week with a pair of posts to his official city of Portland blog slamming the local newspaper, the Oregonian. In his original post, titled “Going Richard Sherman on the Oregonian,†Steve Novick says commissioners feel attacked by the newspaper’s “criticism and contempt.  Continue reading Oregon city commissioner slams newspaper on official blog
Tag: blogging
Chronicle starts newsroom blog
One of the very first goals I set when I came on board as the Web editor at the Chronicle was to start a newsroom blog to give readers a bit of an inside look at how the paper gets put out every day. Cut to the point: We now have one. Our new assistant… Continue reading Chronicle starts newsroom blog
MSU poli-sci faculty start politics blog
Faculty members from the political science department at Montana State University have started a blog to analyze state, local and national politics, the university announced this week.
Pennsylvania teacher suspended for blog post calling students “lazy whiners”
A high school English teacher in Pennsylvania is fighting for her job after a post to her blog, in which she called her students “disengaged, lazy whiners” and wondered what is wrong with calling them out?
Future of bookmarking site Delicious uncertain
In which I recount my sketchy past relations with social bookmarking sites and tell why the imminent death of Delicious matters not to me.
Montana political blog under new management
The past week has seen a change in management at the Montana politics blog Left in the West.
Anonymous Montana political blogger angers readers with SD-25 post
A post from pro-Democrat blogger Montana Cowgirl caused a ruckus over the weekend. In the post, titled “The Fundamental Difference,” the anonymous blogger published a photo of Democratic SD-25 candidate Kendall Van Dyk posing in camouflage with a dead mule deer buck. The caption on the photo is “Man.” Next to that photo, the blogger… Continue reading Anonymous Montana political blogger angers readers with SD-25 post