Wanted: Bloggers for Wauwatosa Patch

Wauwatosa Patch is just a month old, and up to now has acted pretty much like a traditional community newspaper, providing local news and features and a place to post your announcements and events.

Now, Patch also will present a forum for local bloggers, in addition to continuing its emphasis on local news. So, this is my invitation to community members who have something to say and aren't shy about saying it.

We are looking for thoughtful and informative writing on a wide variety of topics. I hope to find bloggers from the business community who have a finger on the pulse of the current climate; I would like to have focused contributors from, for instance, the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center – collectively the largest employer in the metro area.

Contributors from schools, community organizations, churches, and any and all areas of arts and entertainment are welcome. I would hope that neighborhood associations and/or the Neighborhood Association Council will be heard from. Crimestoppers could keep us abreast of community policing efforts. Book clubs, garden clubs, chefs – all these and more are encouraged.

I would appreciate hearing from public officials as well - aldermen, the mayor or city administrator, the school superintendent, the director of public works or the city engineer (who could keep us abreast of street and sewer work, perhaps).

Indeed, anyone who thinks he or she has something worthwhile to bring to a community discussion should be brave and give it a try.

Bloggers will not be paid but will have a forum to share their views with the thousands of people who log on to Wauwatosa Patch regularly.

Patch wants to open up to as many new voices as possible, but if you want to be accepted as a blogger, please commit to posting regularly. You are free to post as often as you like.

If you're interested in learning more about blogging for us, e-mail me at james.price@patch.com and I'll give you some more details on how to get started.