Bloggers drive hoax probe into Bush memos: When history books are written, bloggers' real contribution to the 2004 election may well turn out to be in providing leagues of amateur sleuths to fact-check political controversy.
No Disputing It: Blogs Are Major Players: Media experts said the role of the bloggers illustrated a significant development in the relationship between mainstream news and the still-nascent phenomenon of blogging.
This was the first time, some said, that the Web logs were engaging in their own form of investigative journalism ? and readers, they warned, should be cautious.
"The mainstream press is having to follow them," said Jeffrey Seglin, a professor at Emerson College in Boston. "The fear I have is: How do you know who's doing the Web logs?
If You Can't Beat 'Em, Co-Opt 'Em: Many bloggers desperately desire increased influence in the marketplace of ideas and would love to work informally for the old media. So rather than thinking of bloggers as competitors out to steal market share, traditional media organizations should look on bloggers as collaborating editors willing to work for free!
Bloggers Find Clicks Don't Mean Cash: Bloggers at this summer's political conventions brought heightened visibility to blogging, but the money, for most bloggers, is still missing.
When a blog becomes a magazine: AlwaysOn is launching a new quarterly magazine this winter.
