Blog/Bloggers - Necessary?

[Devany]

The problem with the Hawaii Tribune Herald is that it is less and less local every day. It is so sad that a paper with no real competition and a huge support base (seems like 90% of the mailboxes I see have those green boxes on them) cannot be true to it's readers and deliver more local news written by local writers.

I don't think anyone would say that HTH has a vested interest in anything credible. It's (owners)only "vested interest" is profit. Period. It may be going down the drain, but it is our only real print option Hilo has except for the FBI Bloggers.

Personally, my own blog is not so much about news, but food, art and culture in East Hawaii. What amazes me is the amount of readership it has from all around the world, because those things are quite Island/Community Centric.

~devany

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Originally posted by Kapohocat

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Originally posted by PaulW...
The problem is that a blogger can have a very definite vested interest...

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And this is different from our own Hawaii Tribune Herald how?
(Owner's interest, not the writers)

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