Good article in Online Journalism Review on the impact of blog critics such as BackSpin upon big media. Reporter Mark Glaser reviews a number of recent cases of blogs successfully critiquing major newspapers, and Jay Rosen tries to put it in perspective:
“What’s clear from these cases is that news organizations will have to interact with bloggers who have hold of something newsy,” he said. “And there’s no doubt bloggers can break stories and will do more of that in the future … The larger effects may be on bloggers’ credibility among journalists.”
