Jozef Pulitzer stood out as the very embodiment of Central European American journalism. Hungarian-born, an intense indomitable figure, Pulitzer was the most skillful of newspaper publishers, a passionate crusader against dishonest government, a fierce, hawk-like competitor who did not shrink from sensationalism in circulation struggles, and a visionary who richly endowed his profession Pulitzer Prizes Catch up with Pulitzer Prizes for 2005 Collected coverage of this year's winners
The Blog, The Press, The Media: How to Get Into Blogs, 101
So Why Read Blogs?
You get a direct line into the thinking of important people in the field, think Jonathan Schwartz or Tim Bray (Sun), Miguel de Icaza or Nat Friedman (Novell), Bob Sutor or Alan Brown (IBM), Don Box or Robert Scoble (Microsoft), Adam Bosworth (Google), Dan Gillmor (San Jose Mercury News), Jon Udell (Infoworld), Steve Gillmor, Dave Winer, Doc Searls, and many others. It's unfiltered and in their own words. This means a lot of typos and misspellings (my blog being exhibit A of that), but also an up to the minute take, in their own words.
• How to dip a toe in the blogging waters [Companies turn to new tools to foster dialog between employees, customers, and the public: Enterprise Collaboration with Blogs and Wikis - Infoworld ; Strapped for resources, editors and news directors know it is cheaper and easier to cover the Schiavo death watch than to determine how many indigent people died for want of medical care in the 15 years the courts have been tussling over her fate Kicking the Pack Journalism Habit ]
• · Bill Ives Global Voices Online – Building Blog Bridges ; Adam Bosworth
• · · Since anyone can write a Weblog, why is the blogosphere dominated by white males? Blogging Beyond the Men's Club ; Can quotas rule the ultimate meritocracy? Diversity Mongers Target the Web
• · · · Andrew Bartlett, an Australian Senator who blogs, posts about politicians who blog Politics & the Power of Blogs – Potent or Pissweak? ; Tony paused on the campaign trail to answer some of the questions that have just been submitted to Labour.org.uk Blogging Blair II
• · · · · Welcome a new blogger on the diving blog Baden Appleyard ; Wired News: What Search Sites Know About You
• · · · · · The Polished Mirror Why I am Blogging ; Public trust in the news media has been shaken by several recent scandals and lapses of journalistic judgment Jay Rosen & Michael Getler responds ; Rich YaGoohoogle