• by August 25, 2008

In a move that could change storytelling for newspapers, The Christian Science Monitor has launched a daily, real-time narrative blog on the subject of immigration, called Little Bill Clinton. The blog tells the ongoing stories of a handful of immigrants in Atlanta, focusing on Bill Clinton Hadam, a Congolese third-grader. Written in first-person by one reporter, the day-in-the-life entries feel compelling and informative. Readers use rss feeds and comment tools to engage each other and the reporter on immigration. Unusual for a newspaper serial, cms committed to post the blog for one school year, without knowing how the stories will unfold.