Presenting: Leaky Blogs!
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Posted by: Melissa
July 23, 2008, 04:39 AM
We’re happy to present one of our newest and most exciting feature here at Leaky: Leaky Blogs!
We’ve created a section to allow for more voices to be heard here on Leaky, for commentary about Potter: on canon, on fandom, and more; to allow for further commentary on news items, for posting set reports, for bringing more analysis and discussion to the table.
Though our staff have rounded out the first set of blogs, we are also accepting blogging applications from members: If you have an idea for a blog, please send it and any relevant experience to blog@the-leaky-cauldron.org.
Huge thanks to go to Alex Robbin for creating the section and Doris, Nick and all the staffers who helped populate it!
We’ve already got a ton of articles live, so go over, read and have fun; updates will appear in the “What’s New” section here on Leaky, so bookmark it and return often! Enjoy!
OK, I am going to show my ignorance here. I am not one of the younger computer generation. I am a fifty+ older person who has no idea what a blog is, so I am going to show my Gryffindor courage and ask the million dollar question. What is a blog and why should I be excited about it? I am sure I will be because everything Leaky does is great. However right now I am just scratching my head and saying “Huh.” Enlighten me please.
Kay
jkmcgonagall, a blog is just a website where an individual can write commentary or news on a certain subject in real time. It’s become very popular among young people, but also in the news media because new information can get out to the masses in a short amount of time. For instance, someone who writes a political blog would watch a politician’s speech on TV, write about it, and instantly post their opinions on the internet for anyone to see. It’s like an opinion piece in the newspaper, only its reserved for the internet.
“relevent experience?” ha.