The St. Petersburg Times Gets Bloggy

Posted on August 23, 2005

The St. Petersburg Times has launched a new food blog called Stir Crazy. The blog is written by two St. Petersburg Times journalists: Times food editor Janet K. Keeler and Times restaurant critic Chris Sherman. Janet starts the blog with a peeve about the state's quality of bread and cheese:

Where food critic Chris Sherman and I will blog about the things we love and hate about food and drink. Please join the discussion. Like us, we figure the only thing you love more than eating and drinking is talking about eating and drinking.
Here's my pet peeve: Why don't we get better bread, cheese and produce in the nation's fourth-most populated state? Why don't we demand better?

And the blog is hopping with 24 lengthy comments to this first entry. With Stir Crazy, the St. Petersburg Times and TampaBay.com now have thirteen blogs which is more than most independent blog networks have. A similar blog-launching trend is occurring at many other tech savvy local newspapers as they enter the blogosphere.