Here is Katie Couric‘s first blog entry. “In the little village that is CBS News, you might consider ‘Couric & Co’ the coffee house on the corner, where something is always brewing,” she says in the intro. (“Oh, Christ,” an e-mailer responds.) Update: 12:20pm: “In Couric’s case, just as she refuses to be described as ‘perky,’ will the coffee in her corner coffee shop be anything but percolating?,” an e-mailer asks.
> Update: 10:55am: An e-mailer suggests posting Katie’s first blog entry side-by-side with Brian Williams‘. So here’s an excerpt of each:
| Couric: Like Henry Blogg, this blog is shoving off from the harbor, and heading out to a mysterious and uncharted sea. The harbor was great. But, let’s face it: we’re supposed to be exploring the wider world. This is what we were built for. And that’s what we’ll be doing at “Couric & Co.” So grab an oar. Take a deep breath. And let’s get going. Hopefully, we won’t all end up like Gilligan… |
Williams: Welcome to this inaugural edition of what we’re calling The Daily Nightly. We hope this will be a useful supplement to viewers of Nightly News, as both a narrative and as a window into our editorial process. We had hoped to file this inaugural issue earlier in the day, but we work in a busy place where decisions need to be made constantly… and then changed. Just as we hope Nightly News is a part of your evening viewing, we hope you’ll stop here first each day to find out how the broadcast is taking shape. |
The e-mailer adds: “I check Daily Nightly every day because I like to know what they’re working on, but if this is how Katie’s blog is going to read, I can’t see that it will have much news value.”