The blurring line between blogger and journalists

The other day Duncan wrote about how a group of ex-Seattle Post-Intelligencer journalists have banded together and created a new Seattle oriented news site called Seattle Post Globe. While the story in of itself ... continue

Huffington Post announces investigative journalism venture

One of the things we are constantly hearing as we move from an old media world to a new media world is the danger of losing investigative journalism as newspapers head further in their downward spiral. ... continue

Journalist Calls For Government Assistance…For Journalists

One of the predictions I forgot to make for 2009 is one of a media bailout: some sort of Government intervention in the media industry as it plummets into the abyss. I'm probably glad I didn't make ... continue

Twitter News Network? You’ve got to be kidding

It seems lately that when somewhere in the world goes to hell in a hand basket everyone starts lining up on either side of the fence as to whether or not Twitter is a valid news source. ... continue

“Journalist Bailout” Offers Help to Laid Off Writers

With so many journalists finding themselves out of jobs these days, the folks behind Movable Type/TypePad are offering a little something to try to help ease the blow. Six Apart, the Movable Type/Typepad parent company, has announced ... continue

Conflicts of Interest and Blogging

Is blogging facing a serious conflict of interest problem? Drama 2.0 last week wrote that "the blogosphere has to a certain extent created a new breed of conflict of interest, one that in many ways taints everything ... continue

Did Google Cross a Moral Line?

There's been a lot of talk in the blogosphere today about the role of PR in the modern tech world. Well, here's a case where a company may need it -- albeit, in a very different ... continue