Okay, maybe not so different. There are a lot of other folks at Michigan State University—notably both the president and provost—who communicate via blogs. That looked to me as though it might be both fun and useful, and I've always been a believer that making one's avocation into one's vocation is a reasonably certain way of both doing a good job and having a good time. And it's hard to beat getting paid to have a good time.
Before I forget, my name is Mark Luebker, and I'm the incoming editor of the MSU News Bulletin. I'm hesitant to simply call myself "editor" yet, since we haven't actually produced an issue on my watch. That hypothetical issue is due out on January 11. But having met and talked to the various folks who have been producing News Bulletin before I arrived in this office, I have every confidence that it WILL be out on time, regardless of my presence or influence. From everything I've seen so far, this is a team effort and a very good team.
My main purpose in setting up this blog is to try to begin a two-way conversation with readers of the News Bulletin and the larger MSU community. If I'm going to do this job well, I need to know what our audience is thinking. And it's always been hard for me to resist the temptation to let others know what I'm thinking. A blog seems like a good place to take advantage of both of those opportunities.
We'll see whether this experiment is successful and whether I'm able to post here regularly remains to be seen. But as one of my colleagues reminded me the other day, the longest journey always begins with the first step. Let's see where this journey takes us.
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