A Blog is Born

Mission Viejo has a new blog, http://missionviejo.patch.com

Mission Viejo Patch editor Pete Schelden emailed an announcement on Dec. 16:

“I want to tell everybody on my mailing list that the new news website missionviejo.patch.com was born today at 5 p.m. It is utterly weightless and it’s about as many inches tall as your computer monitor. Please visit, comment, and enjoy. Warm Wishes and Holiday Cheer, Pete Schelden, 949-280-4719, http://missionviejo.patch.com , twitter.com/missionvpatch, facebook.com/missionviejopatch”

Patch, a nationwide enterprise owned by AOL, has started websites in South County cities. The local effort wants to bring daily newspaper journalism back to cities the Register has largely abandoned. Each Patch city has a full-time editor/reporter, as well as freelancers and columnists.

Those who visit Patch’s website can find an array of news, sports and articles about local events. Former readers of Saddleback Valley News have complained that SVN lacks a connection with the community, and it substitutes city-written press releases for news articles. SVN’s letters to the editor are reprints of letters sent to the OC Register by South County residents about state and national politics.