GlobalPost’s greatest asset is the incredible writing and reporting talent that we have in the field. And you can, of course, read these well-reported, well-written stories, or Dispatches as we call them, on our site. But you can also get shorter blasts of insight and beautifully crafted anecdotes and vignettes from far corners of the world in their “Reporter’s Notebook.” Each of our correspondents has a place where they can share reporting, anecdotes, thoughts, questions put to you our GlobalPost community all in real time in what we call a “Reporter’s Notebook.” It’s an individual blog space for all of our correspondents. We don’t call it a “blog” because we think too many people still confuse the word “blog” with “opinion” and they still imagine some angry guy in his parents’ basement furiously clicking away with unbridled rage and reckless abandon. We know there are incredibly talented bloggers out there who provide a sharp eye and solid reporting chops on the world. And in fact we host them on every country page on our site (although we do not edit any of their content nor do we take responsibility for their points of view beyond requiring that there be no hatred, racism, profanity or call to violence.)

Our correspondents are closer relations in the family. And we decided to brand our correspondents’ blogs as “Reporter’s Notebook” because we believe they are a chance to glimpse inside the daily scribblings of a journalist who is well trained and talented and edited and living in a far-off corner of the world where they want to share what they know.

So please be sure to check out Jason Overdorf in India and Patrick Winn in Thailand and Royal Ford in his world auto beat called “Wheels” and Seth Kugel in Brazil. Each of these correspondents has been great at contributing to their Notebooks and offering the kind of writing and GroundTruth that you won’t see anywhere else. You can always get to a “Reporter’s Notebook” by clicking on the correspondents name or picture which will take you to their bio page where their Notebook resides. You can also call up any correspondent’s bio through the navigation bar. Let them know what you think. Start the conversation.