Comments on: From Philly to San Diego, new efforts to cover local schools http://gothamschools.org/2009/02/27/from-philly-to-san-diego-new-efforts-to-cover-local-schools/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Elizabeth Green http://gothamschools.org/2009/02/27/from-philly-to-san-diego-new-efforts-to-cover-local-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-50433 Elizabeth Green Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:12:29 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=10477#comment-50433 Five years still counts as RELATIVELY new right? :) Five years still counts as RELATIVELY new right? :)

]]> By: Nathan http://gothamschools.org/2009/02/27/from-philly-to-san-diego-new-efforts-to-cover-local-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-50422 Nathan Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:35:56 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=10477#comment-50422 Thanks for the mention in the post. One note, however. The DC Education Blog has been around for about 5 years now. Keep up the great work. I love the coverage you guys give the NYC education scene. Thanks for the mention in the post. One note, however. The DC Education Blog has been around for about 5 years now.

Keep up the great work. I love the coverage you guys give the NYC education scene.

]]> By: Kent Fischer, Dallas Morning News http://gothamschools.org/2009/02/27/from-philly-to-san-diego-new-efforts-to-cover-local-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-50323 Kent Fischer, Dallas Morning News Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:09:42 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=10477#comment-50323 Thanks for the props. This is also a really cool education blog that may become even more vital after today's closure of the Denver Rocky News: http://ednewscolorado.org/ Thanks for the props. This is also a really cool education blog that may become even more vital after today’s closure of the Denver Rocky News: http://ednewscolorado.org/

]]> By: Elizabeth Green http://gothamschools.org/2009/02/27/from-philly-to-san-diego-new-efforts-to-cover-local-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-50272 Elizabeth Green Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:22:32 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=10477#comment-50272 Thanks, Caroline. I should have added your site. I'll put it on my running list. And best of luck to the Chronicle. I know what it feels like to be at a struggling newspaper. Not good!!! Thanks, Caroline. I should have added your site. I’ll put it on my running list. And best of luck to the Chronicle. I know what it feels like to be at a struggling newspaper. Not good!!!

]]> By: Caroline http://gothamschools.org/2009/02/27/from-philly-to-san-diego-new-efforts-to-cover-local-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-50242 Caroline Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:46:40 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=10477#comment-50242 (And, by the way, I also co-blog as an unpaid volunteer at www dot sfschools dot com, which has been around for several years now.) (And, by the way, I also co-blog as an unpaid volunteer at www dot sfschools dot com, which has been around for several years now.)

]]> By: Caroline http://gothamschools.org/2009/02/27/from-philly-to-san-diego-new-efforts-to-cover-local-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-50241 Caroline Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:45:10 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=10477#comment-50241 My husband is a San Francisco Chronicle reporter, and his employer is teetering on the brink too (along with our family's financial security). I do a blog (for a tiny amount of money per thousand page views) on www dot examiner dot com -- on San Francisco schools, but with reasonable freedom to write about what I want. examiner dot com has a number of bloggers (they call them examiners, not bloggers) covering education in various specialties. I suspect that some of them may be getting *a little* additional money for it from the charter school industry -- there's a lot of puffery going on in some of those blogs, and that sector of the economy seems to be booming still. There really aren't any rules in this part of the blog world, so it wouldn't NOT be legit to take that kind of money. Since we have no idea which of the "examiners" are getting that kind of outside money, it's just something to wonder about as we read their coverage. My husband is a San Francisco Chronicle reporter, and his employer is teetering on the brink too (along with our family’s financial security).

I do a blog (for a tiny amount of money per thousand page views) on www dot examiner dot com — on San Francisco schools, but with reasonable freedom to write about what I want. examiner dot com has a number of bloggers (they call them examiners, not bloggers) covering education in various specialties. I suspect that some of them may be getting *a little* additional money for it from the charter school industry — there’s a lot of puffery going on in some of those blogs, and that sector of the economy seems to be booming still. There really aren’t any rules in this part of the blog world, so it wouldn’t NOT be legit to take that kind of money.

Since we have no idea which of the “examiners” are getting that kind of outside money, it’s just something to wonder about as we read their coverage.

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