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Saturday, January 31, 2009

We're starting a list of BJ type blogs


By Harry Liggett (I really need a byline for this post)
When I retired in March 1995 I started keeping a list of email addresses of former and
retired BJ types so I could let others know what is happening to that old gang. I started this blog in July, 2004 and tried to explain what a blog was. Now it appears I may have to start keeping a list of all the blogs..

There are at least five BJ types who have blogs. The latest is Tom Moore who once had a website but closed it.. And the blogs are getting like email addresses.. Beth Hertz once had one for Bowling Green alumni on blogspot, but blogger says that blog address is now available or shut down. Geoff Gevalt had a blog for a while and then quit but has added it again as part of the website for his Young Writers Project mentioned in previous blog posts.

Well here’s the start of my list::

Tom Moore: “Old newsmen never retire, they just write away” January 2009

http://oldnewsmenneverdietheyjustwriteaway.blogspot.com/

David Hertz: “Inner View” January 2009

http://www.dix-eaton.com/blogs/mediainnerview/


Bob DeMay: “ONPA” a blog for Ohio Newspaper Photographers Association November 2008

http://onpanews.blogspot.com/


Abe Zaidan: “Grumpy Abe” a blog about politics August 2008

http://grumpyabe.blogspot.com/

Geoff Gevalt: "Young Writers Project" Geoff writing blog as part of this website.

http://youngwritersproject.org/Geoffblog/?p=47


Moore, a former news editor, and Zaidan, political columnist, are both retired. David Hertz, former BJ business editor et. al. now with DIix & Eaton in Cleveland, and Bob Decay (God bless him) still at the BJ as photo and Guild ,honcho.

This blog began as “BJ Retirees’ in July, 2004. Our website was established in September, 2006,. The name of the blog and website was changed to BJ Alums on October 14, 2008 to better reflect our viewers. We get 150 or so viewers a day. Our 100,000th visitor was on October 31, 2008. We are getting close to our 2,000th article posted on the Blogs. This is No. 1912..

1 comment:

  1. ".. and Bob Decay (God bless him) still at the BJ as photo and Guild ,honcho."

    Having narrowly escaped the downsizing at the Beacon and still in danger of being the next one, Bob may just nod when reading the name you gave him.
    ...Ott

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