[theforum] user images and articles

Martin Burns martin at easyweb.co.uk
Thu Nov 27 17:35:47 CST 2008


On 27 Nov 2008, at 23:18, Erika wrote:

>> Not really - newspapers had been doing it for features for *ever*
>
> Features? or columns? (methinks maybe a language diff...)

yeah same thing - in UK media terms, features being opinion/soft as  
opposed to hard factual news (supposed to be unbiased).

So feature:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7750842.stm
news:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7753557.stm

> I can think of it on the old SF chronicle columns: Herb Caen, Art  
> Hoppe,
> etc.  And Oregonian columnists, too.  These are regular pieces where  
> the
> personality and voice of an individual author is the primary reason  
> why
> people read

I like what they do on HuffPo

Cheers
Martin

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