More newspapers are entering the blogosphere, including the lone newspepr I currently freelance for, The Advocate. So as an advocate of blogs, I have to plug Dave Ruden’s entry in cyberspace, Overtime, even if it’s not purely about football.

Overtime is The Advocate’s entry into high school sports blogging, and Overtime is a great description of what Ruden intends to offer. It’s not a rant and rave bitch-session like my blog can be at times. This is truly an extension of the stories/columns being written.

With paper and ink prices soaring and print revenues down, I am surprised that newspapers in this area are just starting to jump on the online bandwaggon. I have to forgive The Advocate and its sister papers though, since they’ve been bought and sold a few times in recent years. Projects you start can go on hold when that happens.

I don’t think newspapers as a medium are going to go away (if you can allow me to go off on a tangent), even though there’s word that the Star-Ledger could fold if they don’t reach an agreement with its drivers, and the Capital Times of Madison, WI, went to an almost all-online format last year. But you’ll see even more of a shift, where your newspaper will be a marketing piece designed to drive readers to its Websites.

End tangent…