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Launch a News Magazine?

28 July, 2007 (05:40) | Internet, New Media, Pop-culture, current events, news, politics, world-view | By: trevor

You know what they say about opinions, right? Well, mine are strong and I want to share them. I really enjoy blogging and I’d like to continue my growth with the medium so I’m thinking about launching a news oriented online magazine. What do you think? I think something that focuses on the top news stories and current events, with a little commentary might be good. However, trying to cover the world or our country might be biting off more than I can chew. So, once we get moved, I think I’ll try to use this as an opportunity to learn more about the Pacific Northwest.

Most of the opinion blogs, especially the politically oriented kind, tend to be one-sided. And, well, that would be my tendency too, but that’s been done already. Whether you like them or not, those programs with two talking heads, like Hannity & Colmes, really do have strong viewership. There’s no reason why I couldn’t strive to put together a balanced team of contributors.

I went ahead and purchased, NorthwestFreePress.com, in the anticipation that I may do this. So, are you in the Pacific Northwest? Are you interested in joining a team of diverse thinkers who want to chew up and spit out their opinions on everything that’s current? Comment away, or email me. (See the sidebar for my email.)

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Comments

Comment from Josh
Time: July 28, 2007, 9:22 am

Good idea Trevor I live in Portland Or. if your news magazine needs some
photographs or an opening picture to get peoples attention I would like to help.
Good luck on your move and also your magazine.

Comment from Bryan Pearson
Time: August 1, 2007, 3:33 pm

We are all so interested in photography, why don’t we start a Northwest focused photo mag. Something light. User submitted content would be sweet. If we wanted a print version I have some contacts that we could look into.

I always thought it would be cool to have a place to look so I could go on ‘photo-drives’, but have some reference as to where some great places to shoot where. Like an internet based guided photo walk. If that makes any sense at all.

Let me know what you think.

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