Round 11

Q: Thanks for the Open Forum. Not sure if you've previously answered this, but . . . In your position as reporter for the Daily News, you obviously have access to information/content that you can post to your blog. Do you approach you blogging differently from your reporting for the Daily News? I assume you have to submit your Daily News pieces to your editor(s), but do you have 'total control' over the blog?

A: This is a question I've answered before but I think it's important for the readers. At the Daily News, reporters are given complete control over their blogs. And they are encouraged to be less formal than when writing for the newspaper. Usually, editors read stories several times before they go into the paper. Blogs are different. That is why the tone is often more sarcastic or casual than a newspaper article. Whether you like it is a personal matter. But this is how the ``process'' works.