West Michigan Rising
At this month's county party meeting,
Mark Miller announced the launch of West Michigan Rising, a new progressive blog
covering West Michigan.
http://www.westmichiganrising.com/frontPage.do
For those of you who have heard of blogs, but are not really into
them, a community blog like this one is like a newspaper where all
the readers are also journalists - if they want to be. You can just
read what is there if you want, or write comments on what others
have written, or write your own diaries.
We have had blogs like Daily Kos, covering national politics from a
progressive perspective, for some years now. Michigan Liberal is
the state-wide blog equivalent. But the focus tends to be on the
southeast corner, naturally. Personal blogs are fine, but are
limited in perspective and scope. I decided that a regional blog,
West Michigan Rising, would have the right balance
of critical mass, so there is always something new to read, and a
tighter focus on issues and races here in West Michigan. KCDP's own
Mark Miller has accepted the invitation to be the editor for
Kalamazoo and the 6th.
As an example of the type of coverage you can expect, check out
Mark's article on the UAW rally in Three Rivers on Thursday. It's at the
top of the page right now, but as new content is added, it scrolls
lower. Anyhow, check out the pictures of some of our local
folk.
Come on over to WMR, make an account, add events to the calendar, add
your own articles, or email Mark Miller with ideas for articles.