Update: Video, audio, and a transcript of the segment are now online with links to the blogs mentioned a bit down on the left side.
There will be a segment on blogs on today's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS. Here is the info from their media newsletter:
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* MEDIA WATCH ALERT
* An E-mail Service of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
* and the Online NewsHour
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April 28, 2003
*WELCOME TO THE BLOGOSPHERE
Web logs, or blogs, are personal, online journals - and one of the fastest growing trends on the Internet. Web logs are often characterized by their brief entries, typically laced with provocative opinions, and links to other Web sites. With at least 500,000 blogs in the virtual universe, these online journals deal with a wide range of subjects from knitting to political analysis.
While some dismiss Web logs as little more than soapboxes for the self-absorbed, others say blogs are the new, digital form of participatory journalism. Many opinion journalism Web logs, for instance, have helped influence public policy arena and many online readers turned to "war-bloggers" for alternative views and information during the war in Iraq.
Tonight on the NewsHour, media correspondent Terence Smith explores the motivation behind blogging and whether blogs represent the future of journalism.
Visit www.pbs.org/newshour/media after 9 pm Eastern time for more information on this segment.
Article comments
1 - Steve Rhodes
I've updated this with a link to the story which aired.
2 - Eric Olsen
Thanks Steve, good job, but who the hell are those people other than Josh Marshall?
3 - steve rhodes
I actually stumbled across the blog of one of the guys from DC when he posted about being interviewed a while back.
4 - Steve Rhodes
There actually are links to the blogs a little ways down the piece under outside links.