For those who haven’t seen it, my newspaper’s editorial writers have a blog. They’re even talking about it over at Movable Type HQ.

I played a tiny, tiny role in setting it up — we’re talking tiny, but not so tiny I won’t mention it here. Unsurprisingly — given that the editorial board’s a conservative bunch and its main poster, Rod Dreher, is a National Review alum — it has a tone similar to National Review Online’s The Corner.

(On a related note, if you haven’t seen our print editorial page recently, check it out some time. It’s miles better than it was even a year ago — the opinions are much crisper, and the new boss is very open to trying new things with what’s traditionally been the most staid page of any newspaper. There’s a lot less of the traditional “on the one hand…on the other hand” mushiness of old.)

24 July 2003



Comments

25 July | 15:22  |  Anil

Nice work in contributing to the blog getting started! Having worked at a paper, I know exactly how hard these things can be to get going.

30 July | 14:37  |  margaret

i live near dallas, and i was kind of shocked when i read about this blog in my paper. somehow i don't connect the dallas morning news and blogs in my mind. but it is an interesting idea.



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