St. Louis Blogs Provide Easy to Find Information

Blogs, or web logs, are becoming more and more popular not only for entertainment or voyeurism, but as a way to gather information. The St. Louis Metropolitan area can boast a large number of bloggers who are typing away with information for the local folks as well as for people who might be interested in visiting or moving to the area. This article details some specific blogs that people interested in St. Louis might find informative and entertainment.

Dawn Griffin offers her blog at http://blog.dawngriffin.com/ . She focuses mainly on real estate in the city and areas nearby. Ms. Griffin also publishes interest rates from area lenders in an easy to read chart. Her blog is also an excellent resource for events going on in and around the city including art fairs, music festivals, and home tours.

Cardinals fans will be interested in checking out http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/ . The latest news in the baseball world is updated frequently with special emphasis given to the home town team. The comings and goings of past and present red birds are noted with easy to find links. The site also offers interesting polls and even a site store where you can purchase shirts that display your affection for this blog.

http://www.stltoday.com/blogs/ is an extension and offering of the St. Louis Post Dispatch and provides over 50 blogs in an easy to navigate, one stop shopping style. St. Louisans can quickly link to and comment on topics that range from pets to jobs to sports to activities and many more. There is literally something for everyone in this all-encompassing site.

Are you interested in touring St. Louis? Are you a citizen who would just like to keep tabs on what is going on around the city? Well, http://explorestlouis.blogspot.com/ is the site for you. This blog offers not only event listings but reviews of past events and tips for the tourist from both local and afar.

Not to be outdone by other media sources in the city, KTVI Fox 2 has launched a successful and popular site. http://community.myfoxstl.com/ has literally hundreds of blogs with thousands of bloggers and lurkers paying visits daily. Fox 2 also offers blogs of on air personalities and poses questions during news casts that are then commented upon in the blogs on the site. The morning show has become interactive via their blog interface and comments are read on the air and then discussed among the anchors and other reporters and personalities. Fox 2 also has period "Blog Parties" where bloggers are invited to come out and chat in person with the various news personalities while enjoying food and beverages. Pictures and videos from past parties are also available for viewing on the site.

Blogs have become the method for the common man to become news reporter. These blogs that are listed here are only the tip of the iceberg in sources for free media in St. Louis. But one thing is certain, you are sure to find what you are looking in the area just by perusing a blog.