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IF YOU CAN'T BEAT 'EM, BLOG 'EM

22 minutes, produced 2005 by ABC News

Blog is shorthand for a weblog, which is found on the internet. A weblog is a journal (or newsletter) that is frequently updated and intended for general public consumption. Blogs generally represent the personality of the author or the Web site

The rise of the blog as a form of serious news reporting means that conventional journalists must become familiar with the blog format and rethink typical journalistic approaches. This ABC News program examines the blogger "community," reviews major news stories that were broken by bloggers, and demonstrates ways in which blogging differs from traditional reporting methods.

This program features an interview with a Virginia schoolteacher who created a groundswell of political action with her blog. The video shows how the immediacy and the personal style of blog-writing can have powerful results-so powerful that journalistic accountability is now a contentious blog issue.

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