InkBlots

Blogs are becoming ubiquitous on the Web. Even member newspapers are leading the way with a roster of blogs from staff contributors covering a variety topics. The Clarion-Ledger makes staff musings available readily on the front page of their Website and frequently references the blogs in the print edition. By far, their biggest blog beat is sports, but familiar names such as Sid Salter blog on politics, while Pamela Berry talks about health issues.
Editor Ronnie Agnew told us just last month that blog readership has surpassed expectations at the newspaper.

A July 2005 report in the Wall Street Journal gives us some background, and details the emerging acceptance of them at newspapers across the country.

Welcome to InkBlots, an informal discussion of the newspaper industry inside Mississippi and beyond. For those of you who aren’t familiar with me, I’m a career newspaper guy who started out in the production department of my hometown paper. I’ve worked as a reporter, editor and publisher and have recently joined our state press association as director of marketing.
I eat, sleep and breathe newspapers and still believe wholeheartedly in their relevance to readers and their uniquity as a source of information. No other medium delivers the content that we do to millions of readers in our state and the billions around the globe. Times may change, but the importance of what we do, whether printed in ink or transmitted electronically, does not.
What we hope to accomplish with this blog is establish a meaningful dialog about the industry, specifically in our state. Your contributions and input are welcome and encouraged.