Hey all you blogging gurus ...
So, I'm a writer/editor for this nice little city/regional magazine. I would like to set up a blog for our readers and others interested in what's happening around the city, since I think readers these days, particularly the younger ones, like to be engaged in a dialog rather than getting their magazine once a month full of whatever it is we want to feed them. I'd like it to feel a little like dKos ... two or three front-page posters; threaded comments; html tags allowed in the posts; diaries would be nice but not absolutely necessary; same goes for ratings.
The difficulty in selling the idea to the Powers That Be will be an expense argument.
SO ... is there a free blogging site that anyone can recommend that would achieve what I want?
Or would it be better to talk to our web people about setting up a Scoop-based site of our very own? How difficult is that to achieve?
Your assistance is most appreciated.