The Herald-Sun and heraldsun.com in Durham, North Carolina, have offered all local candidates the opportunity to have a weblog during the election period. There are about 100 candidates and so far about eight have accepted the offer.
Thanks to Jeff Jarvis for the pointer.
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Leonard Witt is the Robert D. Fowler Distinguished Chair in Communication at Kennesaw State University and the chief blogger of PJNet. His academic interests include public and citizen journalism and how to get citizens' voices heard. He has spent most of his professional career as an award-winning journalist.