Ahmed Ismail
The blog that I reviewed, known as decaturMetro, is another major blog about the major happenings that concern the citizens of the town of Decatur. It seems that this author just had an urge to create some type of place where all the people that live in Decatur could come and report their interesting stories or anything that might affect others within the neighborhood. In the blog's About Me page, the author states, "Discouraged by the fact that the city of Decatur, GA doesn’t have a single source for daily news about our community, I decided to do something about it." The author had only recently moved into Decatur. Not long after, he fell in love with the city, so "[he] found myself trolling the far reaches of web to stay informed about the city’s goings on. I wished for a website that would give me the latest news and opinion about the city in an entertaining and engaging fashion.'
Decatur Metro is dedicated to bringing you all the latest news from incorporated Decatur, Georgia and its surrounding environs every day. On the front page, there is currently a story about Decatur High School's celebrated "Banned Book Day," where there is a "terrific display in the library containing books banned in the past, such as Ayn Rand- “The Fountainhead”, Harper Lee- “To Kill A Mockingbird”, Ernest Hemingway- “A Farewell To Arms”, Jack London- The Call Of The Wild” (according to the book cover, it was burned in Nazi Germany), J.D. Salinger- “The Catcher In The Rye”, and Pat Conroy’s “Beach Music”. In addition to the display, posters throughout the school and morning announcements promote the celebration."
A sense of community is very obviously one of the goals of the writers that post to this blog, as they have posts on there that can have something to do with anything that may be going on around town. There are stores about its high school, community meetings and events, and what may be going on in its city hall. To the author, places such as this blog may well define a neighborhood of people well communed.
The blog that I reviewed, known as decaturMetro, is another major blog about the major happenings that concern the citizens of the town of Decatur. It seems that this author just had an urge to create some type of place where all the people that live in Decatur could come and report their interesting stories or anything that might affect others within the neighborhood. In the blog's About Me page, the author states, "Discouraged by the fact that the city of Decatur, GA doesn’t have a single source for daily news about our community, I decided to do something about it." The author had only recently moved into Decatur. Not long after, he fell in love with the city, so "[he] found myself trolling the far reaches of web to stay informed about the city’s goings on. I wished for a website that would give me the latest news and opinion about the city in an entertaining and engaging fashion.'
Decatur Metro is dedicated to bringing you all the latest news from incorporated Decatur, Georgia and its surrounding environs every day. On the front page, there is currently a story about Decatur High School's celebrated "Banned Book Day," where there is a "terrific display in the library containing books banned in the past, such as Ayn Rand- “The Fountainhead”, Harper Lee- “To Kill A Mockingbird”, Ernest Hemingway- “A Farewell To Arms”, Jack London- The Call Of The Wild” (according to the book cover, it was burned in Nazi Germany), J.D. Salinger- “The Catcher In The Rye”, and Pat Conroy’s “Beach Music”. In addition to the display, posters throughout the school and morning announcements promote the celebration."
A sense of community is very obviously one of the goals of the writers that post to this blog, as they have posts on there that can have something to do with anything that may be going on around town. There are stores about its high school, community meetings and events, and what may be going on in its city hall. To the author, places such as this blog may well define a neighborhood of people well communed.
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