Internet v. Paper: Dana Milbank Turns David Simon's Fiction into News
FireDogLake.com, May 7, 2009
During the recent Senate hearing on the future of journalism, blogs were dismissed by some of the panelists as noneffective outlets for local news reporting. But contrary to their beliefs, there are some local blogs that are doing a good job of covering local stories -- and some of the reporters on those beats were once professional journalists.
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