Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Writers on the Storm: 'Houston Chron' Seeks Stormbloggers

The Houston Chronicle, which may be directly in the path of Hurricane Rita, sent out this request on its Web site today, which it calls an experiment in citizen journalism:
"Bloggers: Riding the storm out? Tell us what you see."
With that, the paper launched a blog called Stormwatchers. "We'd like volunteers in key parts of the area with experience blogging to tell us what they're seeing as the Hurricane Rita comes closer, makes landfall and moves on," it said. "We're particularly interested in bloggers who live in the I-45 South corridor; in the Freeport/Angleton area; and the southwest area, including Katy.

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