It does give great power and voice to the consumer and “common citizen.”

Personally I love online publishing because I create yet another group of friends aside from the ones I have near to me. I can practice my writing skills and get a better sense of what is happening outside of LA.

It also gives ordinary people a “celebrity-type” status by having mundane accounts of going to work, going to school, eating, and other everyday activities described and logged for the world to see.

Rod Amis
G21: The World’s Magazine

The “mosaic” of wonderful stories our agency feels important to share are often removed from the conventional news stream as the result of sudden (and understandable) editorial decisions.

On-line publishing thankfully serves as a “grout” that holds our mosaic firmly in place, allowing our stories to not only be archived and accessible, but also to be readily appreciated at a time, place and mindset that is best for our audience.

Our on-line presence thankfully does not rely on any particular quantity of readership. Rather, it balances dearly on our ability to connect with our stakeholders directly and obliquely, one mouse-click at a time.

Brian Humphrey
Firefighter/Paramedic
Public Information Officer
Los Angeles Fire Department

LAFD News Blog: http://www.lafd.org/blog.htm

Oh sure, I love the Blogsboro Community myself and others have built and I’m addicted to the stats, but before all that came to pass I was a complusive writer with no means of satisfying my lust to remain creative. I take “publish or perish” to heart. Online publishing allows me to publish poetry, short stories, news, commentary, reviews, full length novels, and anything else I dream-up at the “push of a button.” I publish far more on any given day than any newspaper or magazine would allow one writer/journalist to publish, my audience is far bigger than most small town newspapers, and bigger than the vast majority of print publications world-wide. And unlike traditional publishing, publishing online is within my financial grasp and earns a much quicker return than trying to start my own print publication ever did.