Exploring prince George.
Fort St. John to Prince George
Well I have been in Prince George now for over 24 hours, but lets review the first leg of my Social Media Camp Victoria 2011 Roadtrip or better known as #SMCV11RoadTrip.
The drive isn’t all that exciting, especially if you drive it continuously, but this was only my second time driving this highway and the first time was going in the other direction. I started off by heading south out of Fort St John, but quickly jumped onto the Braden Road, which I might add was still quite dusty. The Braden Road took me to Highway 97 in the west bound direction.
I stopped in Chetwynd, BC for lunch and a break. Chetwynd is best known for their Chainsaw Carvings, no? I’m really not sure. It was a good break and as I was trying to take my time on this stretch of the trip, I sat in the visitor centre parking lot watching people pass by on the highway.
The drive between Chetwynd and Prince George is known as the Pine Pass. It known to be a beautiful drive and also a narrow one. I didn’t find it all that narrow, there again I have traveled the highway from Banff to Chilliwack a couple time and I find some of those roads nuts.
I didn’t see any wildlife and the sun stayed out for my entire drive. Take a look at some of the photos I got along the way.
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Out of town for a bit
Well I think this a better time than any to write this. I’m currently sitting at a road construction on the way to Prince George. Although this won’t be posted until I get to Internet in probably Prince George.
I’m off now, out of Fort St John for a couple weeks for various things. I’m on my way to Prince George to meet up with Andrew who is already there for a Chamber AGM, then on Tuesday we will begin our drive to Victoria for the Social Media Camp Conference.
We may stop in Vancouver for a night before continuing onto Victoria. The trip is going to be a good one, because I said so and because this is part of Canada I haven’t seen much off and I’m happy to be getting the chance.
Keep coming back for more posting on my travel. First one being the trip from Fort St John to Prince George.
Garage Sale Finds: May 28
Today I went on my second Fort St John Garage Saling adventure. What we though might be a pretty dull trip turned out successful. Since moving into my own apartment I have been on the look out for little things. kitchen stuff, stuff to make my apartment more homey.
Today’s Garage Saling purchases totalled about $30, which was decent for what I got and how cheap I am.
My favourite purchase this week was a big picture which is framed. It resembles the opening of that sound company. Where the guy is sitting in the chair and is blown back. I’m not sure where it will go in my apartment, but it is going up.
I got other items like a toaster, numerous pots and baking pans and a stove top popcorn maker, which I am quite proud of. I also got a foldable TV tray to replace one of my Tupperware containers.
Age Old Debate on Local Reporting
Let me set the room for you. It is 11pm, it is dark with one desk lamp on shining down on my keyboard. All that could be heard is the typing of keys and the soothing sound of The Coffee House in the background.
Alright now that I have done that I will get on with what I originally came here to talk about. The age old debate of Local Reporter vs. Local Blogger. I know it is a big topic for a guy like me who doesn’t know much about either, but I figure I’ll give it a shot and see what comes of it. I am hoping to come from a different angle this time around. That angle being passion.
I definitely think that both parties have passion. I don’t think either would do what they do if they did, but I will explain what I think I see. A Local Report has a passion for the job. They take pride in reporting the news, writing a good article and the general process of getting it out to the people. A Local Blogger has a passion for the place. They take pride in where they are, the people that are there and what is going on. They enjoy meeting residents and old timers, hearing the history of a place and how things got to the way they are.
Now each can be positive and negative and I don’t stand for one over the other. A Reporter may not have as much of a deep connection with a place, this could lead them to not care as much, to only be concern about the new and allow them to pick up and go onto other things. On the other hand a Blogger who has been around for a while, knows the community and its people could be bias. It would also be hard for a Blogger to leave their community, much like I did.
I guess you could say there isn’t really a competition between the two, because a Local Blogger is much more like a Columnist than a Reporter. That is why I think we need both. We need reports to deliver the news as it is, with fact checking and hard quote. While the blogger will take the story further and learn about it and the people involved.
What do you think? Am I just rambling or am I making sense?
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