Via Wirearchy :: 2006 - A Year of More Practice:
… bloggers serve the function of analysts. Or re-analyzers, more aptly, who attempt to contextualize as they sort through available data and look for patterns, inconsistencies and greater truths. For my money if I was trying to marry a blog with a newsroom that's where I'd start -- I'm constantly amazed that with all the access to information now available the big news bureaus don't have a deeper pool of researchers to be the adjunct memories of people who spend their time in the development of external news sources. Firedoglake: 'Dirty Rotten Bloggers'
Reminds me of bloggers-as-editors.
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