Boeing will formally unveil the 787 Dreamliner on Sunday (07-08-07), its new composite airliner. It will be Boeing’s first rollout of a new plane since the 777 in 1994. Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, one of the key suppliers on the 787 program, will have its own celebration Sunday to mark the occasion. Aerospace reporter Molly McMillin will write about Spirit’s role in the 787 project for Sunday’s Business section. She also will cover Sunday’s celebration at Spirit for Monday’s paper.
Tom Shine
I notice that washingtonpost.com has added a feature to its website, a "sponsored blogroll." This is apparently an adshare program that lists blogs that are deemed to be worth a look. The blogs listed tend to be pretty slick, informative, well-written and beautifully photographed, on the topics of travel, technology, business, money and the environment. In short, they’re much better than most of the lame stuff that is typical fare in the blogosphere. I don’t know what the Post’s vetting process is, but I like this idea.
Journalists spend a lot of time wringing our hands about whether bloggers are a threat to our livelihood, and after cruising blogs somewhat randomly in the last couple weeks (in my spare time, Sherry, I promise) I’m realizing that blogs that are actually engaging to anyone beyond maybe the blogger’s family and friends are pretty rare. Not to say there aren’t some really good ones out there, but those that are stand out to me as pretty unusual.
We have tried to solicit Wichita-area blogs to feature on Kansas.com, but have not had much response so far. Perhaps there are not a high number of active bloggers in our area, and if that’s so I have a feeling that eventually, and probably soon, that will change. It’s so easy now to take and post digital photos, and post blog entries using pre-formatted templates that I anticipate more people will take this up as a hobby, not just to present political viewpoints or as an opportunity for social networking (ala Facebook or MySpace) but to weigh in on local art, music, books, any area of interest or expertise. And from my biased vantage point, I like the idea of journalists in local newsrooms helping readers sort through what’s worth a look and what’s not, while helping talented bloggers build audience by being linked to local newspaper websites.
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