Christine_Devine's Blog

Great Blog Christine and I hope to learn from your efforts.What a science to learn. I am then a novice. I wish you much success.You probably have the right answers.My hat is off to you.lol

Its not that we are always here its thats you aren't here enough to notice when we are gone ..

Hi Christine!

Thanks for the honorable mention on your blog! The main reason that I'm often responding to you and the other Fox11 reporters is this: I think you all write something interesting enough to capture my attention, and I get ideas for my job in radio by corresponding with everyone on the sites. If there is one thing about the blogs, it gives people an idea on what others may be thinking nationwide on a variety of topics.

By the way, if you get a good laugh out of any of my replies on your blog, or anyone else's blog, I'll take it as a good sign. I try not to be mean spirited under all circumstances; I know the consequences I will be dealing with...last thing I want to be dealing with is answering to God the reasons why I said such and such when I knew it was wrong, either in this life or the next. Believe me, I've already blown this way too often!

I'll be back...Take Care Now!

LOL! I loved it. Great post Christine. This is why I like "blogging", (even the word itself is geeky, I totally agree with you) but I like it because everyone gets to express themselves anyway they want, exchange information, ideas, whatever.
I'm ashamed to admit it, I do comment A LOT and my husband hates it, he thinks it's a complete waste of time, nothing but non-sense (most of the time it is) and that everyone who "blogs" is either lame, stupid, or crazy. I used to as well, but there's a lot of good stuff hidden in the nonsense, honest opinions, and most importantly, different perspectives on the issues being reported by biased so called professional reporters, like illegal immigration or Obama. So I changed my mind, I like blogs, I love the internet, and I prefer getting my news and information online, than from television.
As for the stupid and argument baiting comments, what can you do? Not everyone’s on the same wavelength and although it is best to ignore them, sometimes it’s fun to play along, hence the “entertainment” aspect. I admire certain people who are completely in control, always make intelligent comments relevant to the topic, and don‘t waste their time on BS: Moogie,… ok, just one person :-)

DfDeportation: what do any of your three postings here have to do with Christine's blog? They are all off topic and posting them is disrepectful to Christine who I'm sure put a lot of thought and effort into her blog.

I don't know. I just like to say crazy things out loud sometimes just to hear how they sound...

Wow, you all are on it quick.

Media.. always, love to you too!

Craftyguy. You are right. The panelists said corporations who do blogs often don't do as well as the private guy because they aren't on their blogs enough. Quote... the professional blogger "will eat you for lunch." That's panelist who said he's on ALL DAY. I haven't committed that kind of time yet... but will aim for at least once a week. Hey, I'm already on it two days later!

Mystere, seems your having fun with this. That would be my motivation.

Statueman... yes, you're right... responding is kinda what it is all about. The blogging thing is just so different from straight reporting. I wasn't used to regular interaction unless to cover a specific news story.

Dasvics. You make a good point about varied opinions and different perspectives. I think that is one of the things I've gained by reading all the responses over time. It is easy to get lost in one's own world, friends and perspective. Some of the responses have brought light to issues. So, I respect that.

Big... good luck in finding a class. Mine was at a convention. You might have to look around. Maybe some kind of internet course if nothing offered where you are at. It is still a new enough field, with perhaps still a narrow audience that there might not be enough interest for a class or a curriculum. If you do an internet search you can learn a lot about the topic... history and raising money, etc.

DF... thanks for the Youtube on marijuana... I think!? Re: Bratton. I do agree celebs like Britney, Paris and Li

hi lovely christine! i've been pondering for twelve hours what makes an ideal blog from a news anchor. it's clear to me that you think. deeply! your blogs have been well thought and well presented while being rather lengthy! when you develop the theme for your blogs, i'd go with five points. of the five, two can conflict with the other three. my idea is that one keep her blog to an easily digestible meal, say an hour lunch at Arby's, rather than a five course state dinner. your writing skills are superior (and some of the fox11 on-air candidly lacks writing skill!) and you seem to have a lot to say to people. if you were conversing with your mom each night for five minutes, one of the topics, each day could become your blog. you've the talent to write a column everyday. admittedly, i am not especially interested in reading opinion pieces online, and i am more amused by political columnists' ideas than by what i learn by reading. for me, political columns are similar to weather reporting on-air. tomorrow the viewer forgets what was said yesterday. there is an element of cut and paste or madlibs to creating a blog once you've your five points identified. schwada seems to read several other people's political columns and then he regurgitates it. amezcua is simply shallow. cough. top shelf hirasuna writes has a deeper message in what she feels would make a good blog. dorothy is simply not thinking at all and i feel her blogs are embarassing because of their lack of point. she could do better. much better. she ought to review her ideas the next day before she posts

Christine,

I will say kudos to you; as a behind the scenes radio guy, I know how crazy it can become, trying to meet deadlines, and having things look like they're easy to do. I know you have an even crazier schedule as a television reporter and news anchor. I sneak in time to blog while I'm doing some program downloads off an ftp site for the station I work for. It's a bit tricky doing multitasking on the computer, but I manage. I hope you're having plenty of fun corresponding with the bloggers. I also have a site of my own, and my hope for my personal site is that it will help someone out during a time when he or she needs to read something encouraging.

Peter...I'm giving you a pass on your joke...now behave yourself (har har!).

Don't work too hard Christine!