Comments on: REASSURANCE FOR EDITORS NERVOUS ABOUT USING BLOGS IN THEIR PAPERS & WEBSITES http://johnwilpers.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/reassurance-for-editors-nervous-about-using-blogs-in-their-papers-websites/ New media consultant John Wilpers blogs on expanding the reach and relevance of mainstream media by partnering with the blogging community Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:12:38 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: James O'Brien http://johnwilpers.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/reassurance-for-editors-nervous-about-using-blogs-in-their-papers-websites/#comment-57 James O'Brien Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:48:53 +0000 http://johnwilpers.wordpress.com/?p=219#comment-57 The second photo in particular speaks to me of a certain therapeutic quality to this round of spreading the word, Mr. Wilpers. I've spent the evening speaking with the German Judy Blume, or so I'm told. We discussed publishing in Europe, and I am under the impression, given your blog about Vienna and her comments about Germany, that Europe is behaving progressively in matters of adopting new and individual-driven (as opposed to institution-driven) practices in the age-old business of putting word to page. Do you think, as the Nobel committee pointed out earlier this week — in connection with literature — that American newspapers have become provincial and not part of a greater global discourse? The second photo in particular speaks to me of a certain therapeutic quality to this round of spreading the word, Mr. Wilpers.

I’ve spent the evening speaking with the German Judy Blume, or so I’m told. We discussed publishing in Europe, and I am under the impression, given your blog about Vienna and her comments about Germany, that Europe is behaving progressively in matters of adopting new and individual-driven (as opposed to institution-driven) practices in the age-old business of putting word to page. Do you think, as the Nobel committee pointed out earlier this week — in connection with literature — that American newspapers have become provincial and not part of a greater global discourse?

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