People who should be pro-bloggers

    If Om Malik and Bob Scoble can blog for a living, so can others.  Here are 5 I'd like to see quit their day jobs and blog full time.  I'd pay.

Tom Friedman, The New York Times
    Smart, clear, analytical, wired and connected.  I will vote for anybody, Democrat or Republican, who promises to make him Secretary of Commerce.

Joe Brancatelli, JoeSentMe.com
    This consultant to airlines and travel Web sites knows how to get a good deal; knows great places to go, and deserves to be listened to by management at hotels and airlines.
   
Ken Auletta, The New Yorker
    It's not just that he knows all the big, old media names. He could pay attention to new media and insure we don't repeat history.

Scott Simon, NPR
    His curiosity and intelligence propel him to find fascinating facets of a story.  I always learn something listening to him.

Anthony Bourdain
    So, I used to cook.  Bourdain combines his culinary talent with a lust for travel.  I'd enjoy his perspective outside the kitchen.

Who would you like to see blog fulltime? Make a suggestion.

Comments

[Sarah Clark]

I'd really like to see Jade Walker from the Blog of Death write in her blog full-time. Her obits are so evocative...the best on the Net...and ever since she started working for the ap, she doesn't post as often. When she does though, it's amazing stuff.

I'd also like to see a Bill Clinton blog and I would love it if Alton Brown of the Food Network would blog more.

[elaine wielins]

do you realize that erma bombeck was the original blogger?

1) george soros - this man has such keen insight
2) bill clinton - such an intelligent articulate man
3) tyler florence - he i so much more personal than tony bourdain

[Tom Walker]

Bloggers:

Charles Osgood-- CBS Sunday Morning
Charlie Gibson-- ABC Good Morning Show

[donna joslyn]

Kevin Phillips. I am reading American Theocracy and I finally get why we're at war in Iraq - the resources - the trajectory - the finances and eventually the probable collapse.
donna joslyn

[mark oldham]

One of the best bloggers in my book is Rex Hammock, who blogs at http://www.rexblog.com.

Rex blogs much in the same manner you do, Frank, which is, about the media and the internet, not necessarily in that order.

He would be qualified to take your place, ahem, one day, only, of course, when you are ready to do something else.

[Ira Somach]

There are numerous bloggers who already give you a well rounded education

1) Jim "Mad Money" Crammer on CNBC( he won't necessarily make you money but he will teach you an MBA's worth of knowledge on Investing)

2) Keith Olbermann - there are few people
who are both informative and entertaining
on the things that directly affect your lives

3) George Will - Is there anyone in the US who writes better

4) Michael Kinsley - He used to write for Slate (still does) he clearly articulates a point even if its from the left

[Ed]

I'd like to see Anna Quindlen Blog.. maybe she already does. I'd second seeing a Tony Bourdain blog.