Almanac: At the Capitol

Here's a huge thanks to our growing ranks of readers and viewers on the web. As many of you know, we revamped the Almanac: At the Capitol website this year and man did it work! I just found up our hits our up 10-FOLD from last session. And your favorite place to visit was this blog. I'm stunned, amazed, honored. This should encourage me to blog more. My attitude has always been quality over quantity. I only write when I have something interesting and unique to say. I don't want to be redundant from what you watch on our air. I've always thought of this as an inside look behind our world of politics and media. Your feedback shows you appreciate our fairness. For regular readers, you know I cut and reward both sides. I was raised by an amazing non-partisan journalist who taught me to respect but challenge authority regardless of party or partisanship. I also think we're only beginning to see the power of the web. I know a few years ago when At the Capitol became the first local show to be podcast, we were expecting maybe a few hundred views, not tens of thousands of them. I think I was the first local reporter to start a blog more than five years ago now (thanks to our fabulous former web guru Chuck Olsen). That's why I thought it was important to have The Big Question's Eric Black on our show last week to talk about new media and his new blog job. I think newspapers, radio and television are all headed into one entity, that "convergence" we've heard about for years. Anyway, before I head into the wilderness away from computers and cell phones for a week to finally start recovering from the session, I wanted to thank all of you for reading.