Blogosphere: the emerging Media Ecosystem

Very original paper:
How Weblogs and Journalists work together to Report, Filter and Break the News

by John Hiler


Trying to understand the complex relationship between bloggers and journalists has become my own personal Waterloo.

I've taken a few stabs at it already, and learned a lot along the way. Lesson One: Blogs can do a tremendous job breaking news, and journalists are wise to start their own to tap that power. Lesson Two: Some rare bloggers become amateur journalists, a status which brings with it its own unique ethical challenges. Lesson Three: Most bloggers are more like Columnists than capital-J Journalists.