The Guardian’s Charlotte Higgins goes from being an art critic in the print edition to full-time blogging, and according to the headline this transition is a great leap forward, no Chinese comparison, apparently:

So after four years as this paper’s arts correspondent, a reporter who tried to fit blogging in around the edges of my life, I’m about to move online. From this week, blogging will take its place at the heart of what I do. Why, apart from all of the above? Well, as a form, the blog is fantastically elastic – a quality that cannot fail to be seductive to a writer. Everything is up for grabs. A blog can be everyday, whimsical, deeply serious or all three; it can be published instantly (clearly a boon to journalists); it can be experimental.

Not all newspaper reporters or critics will be this enthusiastic about such a leap. Good luck!