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A Guide to Various Weblogs

RELATED WEB LINKSDan Gillmor– dangillmor.comDave Barry– blogs.herald.comToday in the Sky– blogs.usatoday.com/sky/Clergy Abuse Tracker– www.bishop-accountability.org Weblogging PioneerThe pioneer among blogging columnists is Dan Gillmor of the San Jose Mercury News. He…

Newsroom Diversity: Truth vs. Fiction

Before and after the Times’s debacle, American newspapers are still ‘telling our readers an incomplete, inaccurate story.’

Reporting in Southern Africa

A prominent white journalist revisits his reporting during apartheid and reflects on the news media’s work today.

A Reporter Is Fired for Writing a Weblog

He wonders whether there is ‘a place for Weblogs in the Fourth Estate firmament.’

Contemplating the Relevancy of Age and Race

‘My youth and race have been assets to my journalism during my budding career.’

A Racially Motivated Murder Leads to a Uniquely Reported Documentary

Whites interviewed whites. Blacks interviewed blacks. The stories came together.

Racial Reverberations in Newsrooms After Jayson Blair

‘The coverage of the scandal showed once again that African Americans are still not allowed to be seen as individuals when they fail.’

Reflecting on a Different Era in Political Journalism

Scotty Reston ‘and his peers felt comfortable making those choices based on their sense of what was best for the nation.’

Weblogs: A Road Back to Basics

‘Weblogs will not save journalism as we know it. However, they might end up improving journalism as we know it.’

The Infectious Desire to Be Linked in the Blogosphere

‘Weblogs offer journalists tangible ways to achieve that Number One feeling.’