I am really excited about watching the development of Tracy's blog, Journalist in the City. So far, I have enjoyed her posts and feel as though we are, to a certain extent, working on similar topics. I, too, enjoy monitoring the political process and learning about how groups of marginalized people make their voices heard loud and clear. As a native from New York, I am also looking forward to hearing about how political movements from around the world differ to those that take place in New York City. Once again we find ourselves in an important comparison to the "westernized" model.

I think one of the main areas that Tracy and I differ, is that she has decided to maintain a non-partisan voice while working on her project. I am glad to see that she is very objective and extremely cautious of the information that other people present. I have admittedly interjected myself into my research project, both as an activist and as a member of a minority group. It will be interesting to see how our two blogs develop in terms of similarities and differences as we take on different angles to somewhat similar topics.