Re: Writing for a govt blog and Dallas transportation

**J* L* <h*@yahoo.com>**

I'm a big believer in local content, but Kate reminds me that I don't always follow that. I write a monthly column for a newspaper in a city that I live at least 500 miles from.

My justification: I've published several regional gardening books that include this city and state -- and I lived in the region for many years. But looking at it on the face of it: I'm certainly not "local."

Is it possible that the Florida writer once lived in DC?

I will also say that some writers aren't really great at blogging -- they just do the same articles as though they were in print. But it's a shame they didn't at least try for local talent.

On the topic of transportation to the hotel in Dallas, I was pleased with Super Shuttle's service in Raleigh. 

Judy Lowe
http://twitter.com/JudyDigginit

--- On Thu, 6/24/10, gardenwriters-request@lists.ibiblio.org <gardenwriters-request@lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:

> Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:03:01 EDT
> From: KTCopsey@aol.com
> To: gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [GWL] Who SHOULD write a govt g'ing blog?
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> 
> First I do think it appalling that local govt. needs a blog
> on gardens and  
> do not have the initiative to put 'garden writer' into the
> browser. It does 
> indeed bring up Garden Writers. But are 'writers'
> interested in 
> blogging??? Do  they charge more than govt. can
> afford? Regardless, local govt 
> absolutely should  hire local writers.
> 
> Then they add to the problem by not finding one locally -
> but how many DC  
> garden bloggers would notice and ad. on Problogger? Maybe
> they went to the 
> place  that had bloggers and went for the only one
> that knew a gardenia from 
> a  petunia.
> 
> I can say that over the last few yrs, I have seen posts
> that Safer Brand  
> (the organic based pesticides) want people for articles and
> blogs for their  
> website - they go for cheapest on the block that can write
> whole sentences 
> and  my guess is that those writers do not have a
> container of Safer whatever 
> in the  garage.
> 
> That said - sometimes global does work - in the past few
> yrs I have written 
> an ebook on strawberries for an Australian, the web
> content for a German 
> general  garden site, and wrote the garden column for
> the Dubail 24/7 
> weekender section  until the area got hit by the
> economy. 
> 
> So does this help you? I truly think local knowledge is
> important for  
> gardeners but with the internet and govts putting meetings
> on the web and every  
> dept listing their classes, you can indeed do the word from
> the virtual  
> office.
> 
> 
> 
> Kate  Copsey
> Garden Writer
> _www.katecopsey.com_ (http://www.katecopsey.com/) 
> _www.americaswebradio.com_ (http://www.radiosandysprings.com/) 
> blog:  _www.katesgardenjournal.com  

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