Review on Washington Post Bloggers

Reporting for Duty

http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/reportingforduty/

“Reporting for Duty” by Bert Stover intrigued me a lot. This newly transplanted military man is blogging from the Iraqi desert. So far he hasn’t seen any action other than having to walk 20 minutes between posts and the wind stirring up the sand. While I think it’s good to have a solder blogging, if he’s not going to see action any time soon, The Post should get a solder from the Green Zone to finish up.



Achenblog

http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/achenblog/

Joel Achenbach “Achenblog” appears to be well written and put together. I especially liked his entry titled, “Conversation With Old Dude in Basement” where he talks to a guy who says he is 274 years old. I guess you can say “Achenblog” is a bit quirky. He uses at least one of the elements we discussed in class—links. He even links to graphics, although I don’t understand why the graphic couldn’t be in the blog.

I’m a bit confused about whether he or any of the bloggers is on staff at The Post or just someone writing blogs. It’s not very clear on the site the way it is on some of the other newspaper sites I’ve visited.


Your Post

http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/yourpost/

Lindsay Howerton compiles comments from Washington Post.com users into this one place called “Your Post.” Here you can find comments and reviews on various subjects and stories. I think this is a great idea. It’s not quite a blog but a person could write comments on the comments of another user. Good for The Post.com for being transparent.


Think Tank Town

http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/thinktanktown/

Ron Nessen “Think Tank Town” is interesting. I see that in his entries he discusses issues that a lot of people are not even conscious of. A few of them being what some think tank organizations think about the deal to let an Arab company operate a number of ports and why the poor is getting poorer. It’s a blog that for lack of a better word has some brainpower behind it. Nessen constantly quotes the Heritage Foundation and the CATO Institute on topics in his blogs.