There has been some discussion in the Northern Rivers recently about blogs versus mainstream media and, it is obvious that many people have contradictory expectations of regional blogs.
So this is what North Coast Voices both is and is not.
It is not a newspaper or a news aggregate website.
It is a group site which offers local opinion on issues usually relating to government, international affairs, society or the environment.
Its authors are all older residents of the NSW North Coast and they openly lobby for causes which are dear to their hearts or are matters of concern.
North Coast Voices also seeks to inform and that is why its posts frequently contain links to publicly available primary sources and documents.
It employs no-one, has no journalists on its contributor list and has no money in the kitty for expensive research. Since early October 2007 it has posted seven days a week without fail – except between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
This blog was created at a time when Australian regional blogs were rare and those commenting on society and politics were even rarer still. It was meant to fill a perceived need for local voices to be heard on the Internet.
We here at North Coast Voices believe we have succeeded in this aim.
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