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15 years ago @ Online Journalism Blog - Are these the biggest ... · 0 replies · +1 points

This is another difficult one. I'm not sure how key a 'moment' these are - for the same reason I've left out the successes of Daily Kos, Boing Boing, etc. Did Gillmor have any particular successes that demonstrated the power of the medium?

15 years ago @ Online Journalism Blog - Are these the biggest ... · 0 replies · +1 points

True - but did they initiate the bet?

15 years ago @ Online Journalism Blog - Are these the biggest ... · 0 replies · +1 points

Tough call. It's not a blogger doing journalism or a journalist doing blogging, but it does bring home the importance of blogs as a source... (if not as a medium)
Howard Dean would probably be an equal milestone if I was to go that direction - particularly the hiring of Daily Kos man Markos Moulitsas Zuniga.
I'm gonna hold back on this to see if anyone else has a take...

15 years ago @ Online Journalism Blog - Are these the biggest ... · 1 reply · +1 points

Those are wonderful, Bob, thanks - not sure whether the Winer moment was key in 2002 when he made the bet, or in 2007 when he won it!

15 years ago @ Online Journalism Blog - Are these the biggest ... · 0 replies · +1 points

Great point, Sandra - will add it in.

15 years ago @ Online Journalism Blog - Are these the biggest ... · 0 replies · +1 points

Thanks. How big was that in the US? It did demonstrate the crowdsourcing potential, so I think I'll put it in. Will also include Christopher Allbritton's Back to Iraq for showing fundraising potential.

15 years ago @ Online Journalism Blog - An attempt to define b... · 0 replies · +1 points

Journoblogging sounds a good way to focus this.

15 years ago @ Online Journalism Blog - An attempt to define b... · 0 replies · +1 points

True - the passage before this charts how blogging has changed, a warning if ever there was one that it's difficult to pin down.

15 years ago @ Online Journalism Blog - An attempt to define b... · 0 replies · +1 points

This is from a journo perspective (see comment above), although I didn't mention needing an audience and don't believe that's a key feature!

15 years ago @ Online Journalism Blog - Removing Nofollow on b... · 0 replies · +1 points

Thanks Jon - I will try that. It also annoys me that I have to log in every day to rate and make comments!

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