We all know children are self-centered, and in my house when one of the kids gets particularly so, we call him Me-Me.
Now we discover the Chronicle has its own Me-Me: Kristin Finan, who has launched a video-blog (or vlog as she calls it) that’s all about…Kristin:
Now, a little about me and why I’m so excited about this vlog:
Somewhere over the past three years I became an unofficial ambassador for Houston.
I didn’t intend for it to happen. It’s just that everywhere I went I found myself trying to counter the stereotypes and explain to people — some of whom were native Houstonians — what a vibrant, cool, diverse and fun city Houston is.
As a Chronicle features reporter, I’m lucky, because discovering interesting people and places in Houston is part of my job description. Since joining the staff in 2004, I’ve written about lots of things, from a local taping of MTV’s My Super Sweet 16 to a drug and alcohol center that sustains itself through banana bread to what it’s like to try out for the Houston Roller Derby League. I also chronicled my travels down the coast in an RV and hung out at South Padre for Spring Break in a blog: Hit the Road.
Starting today, I’m taking my love of Houston to a new medium as we kick off the Chronicle’s first daily vlog: Kristin 2 Go.
Needless to say, Kristin is pretty high on Kristin. The only thing she left off her resume was her impersonation of a Katrina evacuee.
As Banjo Jones points out, the Chronicle needs to find a new way to reach consumers, what with diminishing newspaper circulation numbers which have resulted in declining ad revenue. Banjo casts his gimlet eye toward Chron.com‘s video efforts in a post titled, “They’ve given the kids camcorders.”
Don’t miss it.
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