Poynter writer and fellow weblogger Amy Gahran has upped the ante for my planned blog gorging experiment next week. Amy is asking if she can quiz me on the major environmental news of the week.
(Hmmm, isn't a blogger giving up printed media for a week considered environmental news in and of itself? After all, I am saving paper.)
Amy writes that environmental issues haven't yet hit the blogosphere in a very big way.
Those (environmental weblogs) that do exist tend to focus narrowly on a small set of environmental issues, or on either a very small or very large geographic region (from a few states to the entire globe, without much in between). Not surprisingly, most also are published by environmental advocacy groups. This tends to make environmental news in the blogosphere rather spotty.
So, Steve Rubel: Following environment news via the blogosphere is likely to be a special challenge. (And no, reviews of The Day After Tomorrow do NOT count as environment news!) Are you up for it? Can I quiz you on it?
With my normal media dietary habits, I am already completely clueless about environmental issues. This makes Amy's challenge all the more intriguing. If I know nothing about this particular topic, how much knowledge will gain after a week of consuming these blogs (pun intended)?
I accept Amy's challenge, though I ask for some leniency in her Q's…which I sure don't expect from Steve Outing.
