Motorcycle Examiners Help Usher in New Era of Journalism
I’ve mentioned a number of times that I write for Examiner.com as their Denver Motorcycle Examiner and maybe you’ve checked it out and maybe you haven’t. Well, what exactly is Examiner.com?
We all know that newspapers are struggling. Here in Denver recently the Rocky Mountain News folded just two months shy of its 150th anniversary. The surviving Denver Post is not exactly raking in cash either, even with its main competition gone. But news is important, and if the old method of gathering and distributing it is falling away, something must replace it or we’ll all be in a world of hurt.
The internet appears to be the future, and part of that future may well be Examiner.com and other companies like it. Examiner.com is set up with home pages for cities across the country so that whatever city you choose, you’ll see local information. They bring on independent contractors, like me, to write on their topics of expertise and they pay us on page views. Then they sell ads related to the subject matter.
Because Examiner.com is headquartered here in Denver, Denver was one of the first local home pages to launch and as such, I was one of the first Examiners, as they call the writers. That meant that for a while I was the only Motorcycle Examiner in the country.
Examiners now number in the thousands, however, and when a new Motorcycle Examiner comes on board we make contact and invite them to join the group that we have created. There are 20 of us today, though that may change tomorrow.
The point is, there may be a Motorcycle Examiner in your city, or even two, and you may want to check them out. They’ll be bringing news of local motorcycle events, updates on local motorcycle-related issues, offering ideas on good rides in your area, and a lot more.
Here’s the list as of today:
- Atlanta Motorcycle Examiner http://wwww.examiner.com/x-7874-Atlanta-Motorcycle-Examiner
- Atlanta Motorcycle Lifestyle Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8023-Atlanta-Motorcycle-Lifestyle-Examiner
- Atlanta Sport Bike Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7271-Atlanta-Sport-Bike-Examiner
- Boomer Biker Examiner (Florida) http://www.examiner.com/x-1197-Boomer-Biker-Examiner
- Chicago Motorcycle Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2313-Chicago-Motorcycle-Examiner
- DC Motorcycle Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8018-DC-Motorcycle-Examiner
- DC Motorcycle Travel Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2294-DC-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner
- Denver Motorcycle Examiner http://wwww.examiner.com/x-378-Denver-Motorcycle-Examiner
- Detroit Scooter Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3223-Detroit-Scooter-Examiner
- Kansas City Motorcycle Examiner http://wwww.examiner.com/x-3640-Kansas-City-Motorcycle-Examiner
- LA Motorcycle Examiner http://wwww.examiner.com/x-7872-LA-Motorcycle-Examiner
- LA Motorcycle Travel Examiner http://wwww.examiner.com/x-7101-LA-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner
- Louisville Motorcycle Travel Examiner http://wwww.examiner.com/x-4702-Louisville-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner
- Houston Motorcycle Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9191-Houston-Motorcycle-Examiner
- Manchester Motorcycle Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-6367-Manchester-Motorcycle-Examiner
- Miami Motorcycle Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8272-Miami-Motorcycle-Examiner
- Phoenix Motorcycle Travel Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-9204-Phoenix-Motorcycle-Travel-Examiner
- Seattle Alternative Transportation Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-3227-Seattle-Motorcycle-Examiner
- Seattle Motorcycle Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5822-Seattle-Motorcycle-Examiner
- Tampa Motorcycle Lifestyle Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8142-Tampa-Motorcyle-Lifestyle-Examiner
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