Romenesko

PBS MediaShift
"I am not really a longtime reader of blogs, but in the last year I have dramatically changed my reading habits," says ABC News investigative reporter Brian Ross. "[I started] reading the New York Times, Washington Post, L.A. Times late at night online when their stories are first posted [from the next day’s print paper], and like many others, scanning other sites throughout the day. For me, the 'a-ha' moment really came with a story we wrote about CIA secret prisons that appeared only on the ABCNews website -- not broadcast -- but was reported around the world in just a few hours. The impact is powerful and immediate, and cascades over to the more mainstream outlets."