Blogs I follow

This is a difficult assignment for me.   I do not seek out blogs outside of my work  A few blogs come to me via friends, and politics, so that is what I will share.  They tend to be information based blogs, not visual blogs.

My neighbor Andrea has written a blog about aging and her mother since she first moved her mother to Portland.  I had been hearing about it from a number of friends.  When I recently move my father here it became more  relevant.  I think she does a good job of keeping the site simple, using a good visual as an intro, and using good writing to sustain the blog and unexpected or personal topics to keep it interesting.  Andrea Carlisle

Of course the politics of Latin America are of interest to me.  A couple blogs that I follow from there are
Cuba Central
Bolivia Rising

Cuba Central does a good job pulling together a variety of press on Cuba and providing one news source.  They also link to their sources so you can track the accuracy and bias of the information as well as find new sources for information.

Bolivia Rising provides as inside, pro Morales take on Bolivia, a country I visited five years ago.  Since this is a country rarely in the news it is very useful.

Neither site does much with graphics or visuals.  They are pretty much straight news sources.

Two sites I follow for national news offer more in the way of videos and visuals.

democracy now
http://dailykos.com/

Democracy now does a great job doing extended interviews on important topics.  You can listen or watch them on line.
Daily kos is more like a tabloid smorgasbord serving up ridiculous and outrageous news blurbs whose import is not often long lasting but delivered in an entertaining fashion.  It's how I often remember to check out the Colbert report or John Steward both of whom are often embedded in the site.  They are easy to puruse and use lots of graphics in their stories.

For local news, besides the Oregonian whose I occasionally  go to

http://www.michaelmunk.com/  When looking for different ideas on a controversial subject.  Here's a blog that could really use some visual imput.

https://www.chooseculture.org/
http://www.aladdin-theater.com/
https://www.albertarosetheatre.com/

Are the blogs I go to to find out what's going on in town.  All of these are more attractive and vibrant than the news blogs I've been giving you.  The Aladdin site is especially well designed, pulling your attention in to performances you hadn't planned on being interested in.  It's clear, vibrant and easy to navigate.  Chooseculture is less obvious to navigate but does offer a wider variety of performances..
Albertarose is well designed but lacks the splash of Aladdin.