Public Citizen Launches New Blog

Are you looking for a Web site that keeps you informed about the issues Public Citizen cares about, rallies readers to take back their government and tries to deliver it all with a sense of humor? Then check out www.CitizenVox.org.

Public Citizen’s communications office launched “Citizen Vox” in February as the organization’s latest tool in spreading the word about its mission of protecting health, safety and democracy.

The blog’s goal is to highlight Public Citizen’s work and tie together the other blogs maintained by the group’s different divisions, as well as direct readers to Public Citizen’s online resources, such as WorstPills.org and WhiteHouseForSale.org.

And the blog posts, which are added virtually every day, are increasing in popularity. For example, a Feb. 5 post about an Internet free speech case Public Citizen is defending in West Virginia drew more than 600 visitors that day, with many of the readers clicking through to Public Citizen’s Web site at www.citizen.org.

Another popular post about tainted pharmaceuticals pointed readers to an Associated Press story that quoted Sidney Wolfe, M.D., director of Public Citizen’s Health Research Group.

“We think it’s a great way to get our name out into the blogosphere,” said Communications Director Angela Bradbery. “‘Citizen Vox’ will help us reach a different type of audience – one that might not be as familiar with all the great work we do.”