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Search Engines really, really love Blogs

Christie Blatchford, one of my favorite old-skool journalists, aims a gentle poke at blogging.

Consider the design. See their categories - different user-age-base http://siteanalytics.compete.com/washingtonindependent.com/?metric=uv

“when you read about scientific breakthroughs in the media, remember that these breakthroughs have not yet passed the most stringent test of peer-review”

“As any journalist knows, news has to be about people - they either make it, or are affected by it. No people, no news. It therefore stands to reason that heavily populated areas of the US, like California or the more...

“TO OUR READERS The New Yorker this week devotes its entire editorial space to an article on the almost complete obliteration of a city by one atomic bomb, and what happened to the people of that city. It does so more...

I’ve been saying for many years that print news media’s days are numbered. It used to be that people smiled and gave me a condescending look when I make that remark. However, lately there have been less smiles and more more...

The real value now lies in non-commodifiable virtues like deep reporting, strong narrative, distinct point of view, and sharp analysis, which even in the blogger era (or especially in the blogger era) is available only piecemeal.

“The Top 100 Works of Journalism In the United States in the 20th Century”

Hockenberry points out that just after September 11, he had proposed a series of stories about al-Qaeda and its significance—a relatively new topic at the time for the American public. But then-new NBC head Jeff Zucker had a better idea: more...

I neither endorse not advocate, merely present - Fitna the Movie.

An open/crowd-sourced online journalism site. Interesting because they actually have a central assignment desk from which you can check out a task, like writing an article or interviewing someone, and just do THAT task.