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Featured Blogger: Scott Whittum Talks Sports & Twitter

Do you have an opinion, experience, or passion you'd like to share? We welcome you to blog about it on Patch through our Local Voices section.

Patch loves its bloggers. 

This week we'd like to feature Scott Whittum whose latest post, How Twitter has Destroyed the Sonics vs Sacramento Kings Saga, weighs the pros and cons of social media's cnotributions to sports reporting.

While the service offers instant updates for crazed fans, it also offers an easily accessible platform for name calling, he writes.

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"The point is Twitter with its anonymous handles and 140 character limits is highly conducive to name calling and insults."

Do you think Twitter has helpped or hurt the Sonics/Kings debate? Click here to read Whittum's take and share your own thoughts.

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Want to blog on Patch, too?

Bellevue Patch is looking for bloggers who’d like to share their local knowledge, personal expertise, political opinions, or hobbies. We want bloggers who can have readers walk away feeling challenged, inspired, happy, sad or further educated on a particular subject. Photo and video blogs are also encouraged!

Keep in mind that this is not a reporting gig. There’s no need to be a published author or someone who needs to be told what to write about. We want you to write about what you want and when you want.

Blogging on Patch is just one more way you can get involved with your community and spark important discussion.

So, start a blog on Bellevue Patch today! Have questions about blogging? Email Community Editor Jenny Manning at jenny.manning@patch.com.



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