E-Media Tidbits

As long as blogs have been around (yeah, that's not that long), we've heard complaints that they're mostly feeding off the "real reporters," just commenting on their work. Of course, that's still the case for many thousands of blogs, but now "real reporters" are writing blogs and providing original reporting. A great example is Campaign Extra, by Philadelphia Daily News senior writer Will Bunch. Rather than saving the good stuff for the print edition, Bunch is making some waves in political reporting on his blog. An example is his recent coverage of Stephen Marks, the guy behind the anti-Kerry "moveonamerica.org" (not to be confused with the anti-Bush Moveon.org). Bunch's blog reporting has punched some holes in Marks' resume. Says Daily News online editor Vance Lehmkuhl (not an unbiased observer, of course), "I think Will is breaking some new ground in straddling the home-grown and journalistic blogger genres."