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Is Blogging Journalism?

The Los Angeles Times Online
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oew-rosen22aug22,0,4771551.story
The journalism that bloggers actually do
A New York University professor critiques Michael Skube's recent Times Op-Ed questioning the journalistic value of blogs.
By Jay Rosen
August 22, 2007

USC Annenburg Online Journalism Review
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/lasica/1032910520.php
When Bloggers Commit Journalism
J.D. Lasica, OJR Senior Editor
posted: 2002-09-24 • modified: 2002-09-25

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