Shifting Media Landscape Sees Bloggers Move Slowly From Pure Opinion Into Breaking News Media Peter

Sunday Herald › March 10, 2009

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CARTOONIST Gary Trudeau is a dab hand at reflecting the changing times in his globallysyndicated satirical strip Doonesbury.

What then to make of character Rick Redfern, the veteran Washington Post star reporter who lost his job last year and started his own blog instead?

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Shifting Media Landscape Sees Bloggers Move Slowly From Pure Opinion Into Breaking News Media Peter

Although the presentation is lighthearted, Redfern's predicament is a very real one for many journalists. With newspapers and broadcasters making deep cuts, can the internet provide a paying outlet for journalists? And can the blogosphere pick up some of the st...

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