October 26, 2002
Ink

This week, a visit to our printer reminded me that the smell of ink is still one of the happiest smells in the world for me. It means there's a magazine on the bubble. And I'm still revved up enough about newspapers to go tiptoeing out onto my wet, wind-swept front step every morning to bring in the Tribune and the NYT. Meanwhile, "online news" comes in and goes out of my office all day long, like the tide. We read it, we write it, we send it out.

Along those lines, it was interesting to read this article in the most recent OJR on where technology "heavy hitters" are getting their news these days. The results range from traditional newspapers to blogs to the Drudge Report.

There's a lot to be said for digital news, from speed to multi-media formats to the ability to update easily. And there's a lot to be said for blogs, though I'm not personally convinced that "blogging"="journalism" straight up.

Long may they all run, I say, though I'm still a print girl at heart.

Posted at October 26, 2002 04:03 PM