| Web content for newspapers online has been | | | | |
| limited to | | | | vetting the sources, so accuracy and |
| | | | truthfulness is |
| repeating what paid staff writes for the | | | | |
| print editions of | | | | maintained and the blog can be trusted. It's |
| | | | an interesting |
| their papers or material coming from one or | | | | |
| another of the wire services | | | | experiment and may be the route to bloggers |
| | | | earning a living |
| to which the parent organization | | | | |
| subscribes.We're all familiar with seeing | | | | from their blogs by gaining an audience they |
| Associated Press or Reuters | | | | previously had |
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| stories running in our local paper and | | | | little access to - major newspaper web site |
| posted online at | | | | visitors.Since unknown bloggers appear to |
| | | | need the media in order to |
| various news organizations. Imagine a news | | | | |
| wire service for blogs which could | | | | spread the word (becoming well known in the |
| | | | process) and |
| syndicate your blog to appear on online news | | | | |
| sites. A new service called | | | | newspaper web sites appear to want blogs |
| | | | associated with |
| BlogBurst has emerged to help bring blogging | | | | |
| and news | | | | their site, BlogBurst is filling that need. |
| | | | Since a lack of income |
| together on the web sites of major media. | | | | |
| makes the writings of a select group of | | | | is what haunts many bloggers hoping to earn |
| bloggers | | | | from their |
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| available to news organizations by | | | | commentary, BlogBurst will allow those |
| aggregating the musings of | | | | bloggers to both reach |
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| selected blog writers into a feed made | | | | an audience and capitalize on their own |
| available to major | | | | traffic via their own |
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| papers. The news organizations can | | | | advertising, whether that is Google Adsense, |
| apparently choose from | | | | Blogads, or some |
| | | | |
| among the topic areas and bloggers offered | | | | other agreement with individual |
| via the BlogBurst | | | | advertisers.News sites have launched blogs |
| | | | written by volunteers, some |
| feed.Some bloggers have launched news | | | | |
| commentary blogs with groups | | | | have offered staff journalists a blog, |
| | | | others have tried |
| of bloggers commenting on news. There | | | | |
| already exist several | | | | allowing "Comments" from readers. But |
| | | | volunteers appear |
| attempts to popularize what has become known | | | | |
| as "Citizen | | | | unreliable, staffers have little incentive |
| | | | to blog without |
| Journalism" by such notable groups as "We | | | | |
| the Media and Dan | | | | pay and comment sections are subject to |
| | | | abuse by comment |
| Gillmore's Bayosphere which seems to have | | | | |
| been taken over by | | | | spam. ZDNet is currently offering bloggers |
| | | | in popular |
| BackFence. Relevant links below: | | | | |
| | | | technology topic areas and is apparently |
| | | | providing payment |
| | | | |
| | | | from advertising revenue generated by those |
| | | | blogs. is taking an interesting approach by |
| is often lacking for bloggers who provide | | | | offering |
| commentary on the news is an | | | | |
| | | | online news organizations filtered and |
| audience. Those experiments mentioned above | | | | verified news |
| have been available on small sites, | | | | |
| | | | commentary from bloggers. Presumably, this |
| which are otherwise unknown to the world. | | | | content will be |
| Struggling to gain readers is the bane of | | | | |
| | | | available directly on the news sites, such |
| blogging, since people can't read what they | | | | as the |
| don't know exists.Some well known bloggers | | | | |
| have found their audience through | | | | Washington Post, Gannet News sites, San |
| | | | Francisco |
| writing compelling content and being | | | | |
| discovered by major | | | | Chronicle and Houston Chronicle news |
| | | | sites.BlogBurst is reviewing proposed blogs |
| media when they break their own news | | | | currently and will |
| stories. Others gain | | | | |
| | | | announce the engagement in a live trial with |
| that audience through connections or through | | | | major news sites |
| fame, but most | | | | |
| | | | in May. Will the love of blogs by major |
| bloggers toil away daily for the pure love | | | | media result in a |
| of a topic while | | | | |
| | | | spring wedding? BlogBurst appears to be |
| gathering small and loyal | | | | offering to serve as |
| followings.BlogBurst promises to make web | | | | |
| content from the blogosphere | | | | minister to a marriage made in heaven. Stay |
| | | | tuned, to see |
| discoverable by the media by limiting the | | | | |
| availability and | | | | if this will be a long lasting marriage. |