In the U.S, they're everywhere, but up here in the Great White North, bloggers who are also staffers at mainstream news organizations are a much rarer sight. I've been trying to keep track of those staffers that blog (just in case we have to form an association, a fire drill, or a Royal Commission at some point) by keeping their links over there on the right hand side under "Mainstream Canadian Journos".

I'm pleased to discover a few more additions to the roster, effective immediately:

  • Carl Wilson, The Globe and Mail. Carl's been the copy editor on a couple of my pieces and they were both a lot better for his help. Most Globe readers, though, will know Carl as the paper's rock music critic. He's got a great ear and a great blog, Zoilus.

  • J. Kelly Nestruck, of the National Post, was not at the Post (I think) when I was. But he's got a blog. (Shame he doesn't disclose to his blog readers about his day job. Why wouldn't you? His job --- writing about ahts and cultcha stuff is a damn cool one.)

  • Aaron Wherry doesn't tell us he works at the Post, either, but that indeed is where most folks find him, writing about music and other things. His column runs Mondays.

  • Back in the days when I was a club DJ, I wanted to work at MuchMusic. My pal, the late Dan Gallagher, worked there and I thought I might get a crack at it, too. Dan was a lot funnier and a lot better at the whole VJ thing than I was ever likely to be. So rather than announce the latest Radiohead video, I'm now on TV now talking about the dollar. Anyhow, the Much folks have a community blog just like . . .

  • The National Post editorial board does. If you love the Post's editorials, you'll love reading this blog where you get some of the backstory and gossip that goes into the unsigned tomes.


I'm sure there's more out there. If you are a staffer (my definition of a staffer is: You have an e-mail address for which the part after the @ sign is the name of the organization you work for, e.g. I'm dakin @ globeandmail.ca or dakin @ ctv.ca) or know of one, do let me know. If you're not a staffer but have evolved to the higher plane of freelancing or contract writing, let me know, too, cuz I'm trying to keep track of those folks, as well.