The Huffington Post is a website that I visit each day. I have the site book marked on my laptop and
have the mobile app installed on my iPad and iPhone. I guess the site would be considered a hybrid
site because it has news information and also a considerable number of blogs as
well. When I started to view this site it
was for news only. I originally thought
The Huffington Post was great because it gives headlines of major stories and
links to the stories but it also provides a quick read feature, which is a
synopsis of the story, so with limited time a person can catch up on a great
deal of news. I never used the site at
first for the blog feature because at that point in time I was not really into
reading blogs. Overtime that has changed
for me, now I read the blogs on the site more and scan the news headlines quick
for any late-breaking news.
The Huffington Post categorizes the blogs and provides a bio
on the author so the reader can get a feel for where the person stands
politically and what angle they are approaching their post from. Every
subject is covered from politics, to food, to religion and even issues that
students are facing on college campuses these days. In other words the blogs on this site tend to
be all inclusive of any and all issues a reader may be interested in. The Huffington Post is smart with how and whom
they choose to blog on their site. It is
not a traditional blog as I previously mentioned. An author contributes work for their blog and
if it is deemed worthy and credible it will be published on the site. It takes some bloggers years of submitting work
to be published on the site for the first time. After a writer proves him or her self they
tend to become a regular blogger on the site.
Many celebrities post blogs regularly including Alec Baldwin, certain
political figures and other popular media journalists, which draws a reader in
simply by who is writing the blog post.
To me the blog portion of the Huffington Post is great
because it covers every popular topic happening in the world today. I can view each blog post, decide if I like
the writer and the content and choose to read that writer’s posts in the future
or not. It also saves me time because I
can read ten different blog posts on various topics and not have to skip from
site to site to read the posts. If I
take a particular interest in a writer’s blog I can fan it in order to receive
updates when the writer blogs again and allows me the ability to comment and
provide feedback on the blog, which allows the blog to become interactive
between reader and writer. This is
something that shows the true credibility of a writer, allowing the reader to
provide feedback and comments. Writer’s
who do not give this option on their blogs makes me question their
credibility. In order to write on the
Huffington Post this is a must for the writer.
The fact that The Huffington Post takes the time to vet it's blog writers and makes them accept feedback from the readers are two of the best journalistic practices I think a site can choose to enforce. Overall for me the ease, convenience and topics covered are
what makes The Huffington Post amongst my most popular blog sites that I visit
each day. I do not have a lot of free
time to indulge in blogs that often but when I do this site is my first choice
each and every time.
Hello Betsy,
ReplyDeleteI think the Huff Post is a great site and I also visit it everyday as well. You talk about how they give a bio about the authors on their site. I feel this is very important and helps the reader to understand the background of the writer. That is truly a great practice of any good blog. Great post this week. Also here is the link to the blog a reviewed this week. http://www.everywhereist.com