Presence

In a strange reversal of protocol, I found an article on blogging in a real live paper newspaper. The cover of last week's Baltimore City Paper had a blurb at the top that read, Keeping up with the Bloggers (for the record, I actually picked up the paper copy and read it, rather than going to the computer and searching for the virtual copy. What a novelty!).

The article lists a few of the bloggers out there who are actually contributing original content (as opposed to just commenting on stuff already out there), such as how Joshua Micah Marshall's blog helped to bring the Trent Lott scandal to the fore. The article gives blogs a lot of credit, saying how the job of a reporter has changed significantly with there advent. Good stuff.

On a related note, The City Paper Blog still looks to be relatively inactive. Oh well.