Blogging in the raw

By Sam Felder on January 24, 2004 6:44 PM | | Comments (0)

Have you ever wondered what blogging looks like? Thanks to the AP you can see Joshua Marshall, author of the indispensible Talking Point Memo (powered by Movable Type), in all his blogging glory. Sitting alone, anonymous, in a crowd, silently observing every detail, taking it all in and posting live to the world. Action. Excitement.

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Joshua Marshall epitomizes the growing influence of blogging in politics and news. He raised $4,500 from readers to finance a trip to New Hampshire allowing him to blog live from the front line to a daily readership of about 45,000. Blogs are quickly becoming for the left what talk radio has been so long for the right. Marshall, who has written for print publications including the venerable American Prospect magazine, is able to reach as many people as a medium size newspaper through is blog.

To explore the growing role of blogs, Minnesota Public Radio will be broadcasting a live radio special Sunday, January 25 from 9 to 11pm EST. The Blogging of the President: 2004 radio special and the blog of the same name are inspired by Theodore White's The Making of the President 1960. This will be a call-in show with a number of blogging celebrities. Lefty blogger Atrios will take on Andrew Sullivan (big gay hypocrite tool of the homophobic Rev. Sun Myung Moon). That dynamic duo will be accompanied by long ago Presidential candidate Gary Hart, Joshua Marshall, Richard Reeves, and others. The show promises to be good and will be aired all around the country. Check your local NPR/PRI station or PublicRadioFan for availability.

This is the latest list:

WNYC-AM, NY
KPCC, LA (and Pasadena)
WBEZ, Chicago
KERA, Dallas
WGBH, Boston (Hour 2 only)
WZBC, Boston (Hour 1 only)
WAMU, Washington DC
KUOW, Seattle
KNOW, Mpls/St. Paul
KOPB, Portland, OR
WNKU, Cincinnati
WCAI/WNAN - Cape and Islands Public Radio
WHRV, Norfolk, VA
WNED-AM, Buffalo, NY
Yellowstone Public Radio, Montana
Vermont Public Radio
WPSU, University Park, PA
North Country Public Radio, Canton, NY
KRWG, Las Cruces, NM

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