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While hanging out with Jersey Mike and Dave from Floor9.com the other night at Dragonfly, I realized that adding in Sara and several other local blog sites that we collectively make up the area’s alternative 
media. Whether it be community or local activisim, real estate, or political, the local area bloggers collectively make up the eyes and ears of what the Patriot-News does not always investigate or publicize. The way I see it, you can read a filtered version of what’s happening in this city, or a direct word-of-mouth version.
I bring this topic up since a new site was brought to my attention this week called OneCityOneVoice.com. It was developed in response to an increase in city wide crime. I’ve also been told of muggings happening in and around Restaurant Row without publicity from the city government or local media. If crimes like this are being under-reported in the newspaper or being moderated in the pennlive forums, attention needs to be brought to this.
Ever since the last national election, bloggers have been gaining more and more attention in the media. We are the whistleblowers and the newsbreakers, all while newspaper readership is in decline. I’d like to see more opinions on what’s going on downtown or in the Central PA area.
Sign up for free accounts from Blogger or Wordpress and send all the authors above your new link. Your page will quickly become a viral meeting place from people in our community.
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As much as I hate the term “blogging” (probably because of the dot-com-esque UltraHype that has surrounded it for the past few years), you’ve hit the nail on the head. There’s something to be said for the ability to publish freely.
A well-anchored blog can hit a much larger geographic area than traditional media — such as the Patriot — can ever hope to. And while the Patriot News has a broader appeal than a single blog, the volume of quality blogs on every conceivable topic not only cancels this point, but exceeds it.
Left by floor9 on August 23rd, 2006