I’m updating the Virginia progressive directory today, and finding myself dismayed at the dramatic winnowing of the progressive Virginia blogosphere. Out of the list of 25 progressive Virginia blogs I assembled a couple of years ago, I find that only eight are still active on a regular basis.
I’ll be spending the rest of the morning seeking out new progressive blogs focusing on Virginia politics, but I don’t expect to find 17 to make up the difference in the directory. That’s sad, given that state and local bloggers can provide a level of detail on news stories that national news organizations, and even local newspapers, rarely give. Such blogs are also excellent centers of online political organization.
Having someone from one of the gigantic, corporate-sponsored blogs, like DailyKos or the Huffington Post, write about Virginia politics is no replacement for truly independent voices. If you know of a worthwhile progressive Virginia blog that ought to be included in the Virginia progressive directory, please leave a comment here to let me know about it.
