News blogs

My good friend John Huston is a reporter for Pioneer Press in the western suburbs. He recently started their Oak Park-centric blog The News Peg. This led me to look at the list of other Pioneer Press blogs. It doesn't look like any are Evanston-specific, at least not yet.

I like blogs from news sources because they are often less formal, smaller stories or tidbits that won't make it into the actual paper, can be more time-sensitive (especially for a weekly vs. a daily) and, of course, allowing comments can spur conversation.

Some other newspaper-based blogs I subscribe to:
PaperCuts, the NYTimes blog about books
The Caucus, the NYTimes blog about politics and the election
The Stew, Chicago Tribune food blog