Any good political reporter picks up lots of juicy nuggets in the process of covering his/her beat that just aren’t worth writing a full-length story about. But the morcels could well translate into two-three paragraph items that could feed a blog. That, it seems, is the motivation behind the blog maintained by The Washington Post’s Michael Shear. Check out his “Race to Richmond: Notes from the Virginia Governor’s Race” blog.
It’s not very profound — I suppose he saves his deepest thinking for his articles — but Shear seems to be posting an average of one item per day, so blogophiles might consider adding it to their list of bookmarks. It will be interesting to see if other political reporters follow his lead.