….at Countdown To Crawford, a new blog by the Los Angeles Times that is detailing the last days of the Bush administration.
Yes, it’s from the L.A. Times, the same newspaper that has the highly lively and addicting Top of the Ticket weblog. The Times is one of several newspapers that is launching itself quite comfortably in terms of content and style into the cyberjournalism age. This latest addition to its web infosites will be offering bits about the White House and federal agencies, as observations to the political scene, rather than commentaries. And since the Times has caught on about the importance of “feeding the beast” on the Internet, it’s offering several posts a day from its writers across the country.
It’s a great idea for those who want to find out how the federal government is working (or not working) as it winds down to Bush’s exit from the White House. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READING…but then I am biased: when the San Diego Union hired me in 1982, being a newspaper junkie I subscribed two two papers…the San Diego Union and the LAT. The LAT became one of my five favorite papers in America. And its quality in terms of content and punchiness has not changed, even with its new owner.
WARNING: Countdown To Crawford can and is addicting. Take A Peek at Countdown To Crawford and we know you’ll be taking more than one daily peek…
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.