German newspaper taz launches watchblogs
Starting in June 2006, the German daily newspaper will expand its online presence to include watchblogs. These will feature commentary on „daily annoyances and messes.“.
The German daily newspaper (taz) is expanding its online presence to include watchblogs from June 2006. Project manager Mathias Broeckers confirmed this to the Sonntagszeitung. According to Boeckers, an online editorial team of four to five journalists will be responsible for the expanded taz website from October. Until now, the content of its website corresponded to the printed edition; the taz worked without online editors. The watchblog is modeled on Bildblog.de, among others. Since June 2004, media journalists have been publishing concise, often glossy texts on erroneous or misleading reports from Bild, Bild am Sonntag and Bild.de on this blog every day. "Bildblog.de should actually have appeared on taz.de," said Broeckers to the Sonntagszeitung. However, in addition to the "leading dirty newspaper", there are other "daily annoyances and filth" for critical observation.
