One particular story I found that I felt fit this blog was of a British journalist named William Knight, who decided to move to New Zealand and, well...blog about it. Knight is receiving some funds for official freelance work while he is abroad, but believes "the numbers of commissions from the UK [will] slowly diminish," and "that breaking into the Australasia market would take time," so he decided to start his blog, This New Zealand Life.
Knight's story is a growingly classic one, of a displaced writer doing something they have always wanted to do, and blogging about it for money. Blogs are increasing the number of 'average' individuals with a passion for something, and allowing them to capitalize on that passion, with no middle-man. Blogs are the definitive tool in grassroots organizations and platforms, and I feel as though they are broadening the scope of common men and women, with extremely practical and well thought out ideas for the future.
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