Newspapers and blogs

Most big news media organisations now run several blogs. But are they any good? Is there any point to a big newspaper setting up several blogs?

A while back, Andrew Grant-Adamson wondered whether there was much point to many of the blogs newspapers were running back then. His post drew an interesting response from Shane Richmond, who blogs for the Daily Telegraph. He outlined all the things newspaper blogs could do...

Have a look at his post and see what you think of his list. He put it together a year and a half ago now. Are newspaper blogs doing all the things he suggests? Incidentally, two years ago, Richmond also put together a blogging style guide for Telegraph writers - it's definitely worth a look.

One last thing I'd like you to think about - how could newspapers use blogs to cover the news. Think about a big ongoing story like the environment. How could they use blogs to cover this in a different way - think about blogging as a form, what it does best. We'll talk about some of your ideas in class.