Blogger Kathleen O'Brien Wilhelm an Internet Celeb After Her Patch Blog Goes Viral
Wilhelm's Patch blog about deer crossing signs and whether deer can read got lots of attention, although most of it wasn't very nice.
If you haven’t read the blog from Avon-Avon Lake Patch blogger Kathleen O’Brien Wilhelm about the deer crossing sign, please come out from the rock you are hiding under. Wilhelm’s blog, Animals Can’t Talk, was posted on Feb. 10, and got widespread attention on Feb. 16, when a popular website, buzzfeed.com, shared the link just before 3:30 p.m. Gawker.com, which focuses on celebrities and the media industry, reposted the blog, which earned more than 27,000 page views on that site alone. The blog inaccurately referred to Wilhelm as a columnist at first, then amending her to a blogger. (Bloggers are not employees of Patch.) After spinning around the Internet for a few days, Cleveland-area media jumped on board. The Chronicle-Telegram did a …
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Susan Ruiz Patton
10:24 am on Saturday, February 23, 2013
Actually Avon-Avon Lake Patch has lots of different points of view among our bloggers. This is just one that happened to get lots of attention this week. Check them out here: http://avon-oh.patch.com/search/blog_posts Not all blogs are political and not all blogs are controversial. If you want to represent Avon-Avon Lake with your point of view in a blog on Patch, you are welcome. more ›