Newsrooms around the United States and the world are being filled with bloggers. I know a few years ago this was a statement many would have laughed at. Today its a reality. But has it evoked more tension or less than already existed as bloggers and mainstream media empires have ushered in a new ‘arms’ race between old media and new?
The San Antonio Express-News has a bowling blog. The News Tribune in Tacoma, Washington, has a fly-fishing blog. A pet blog is popular at the Commercial Appeal in Memphis. Several newspapers have launched parenting blogs.
The Fourth Estate has fallen fast and furiously in love with blogs, from news-driven ones about professional sports teams, real estate, crime, Hurricane Katrina, immigration and local and national politics to zanier ones that dive deep into niche subcultures.
Originally posted on December 1, 2006 @ 3:47 pm