A Guide To The Journo-Blogs
Blogging, as PE readers know, is no longer the province of those outside the media bubble. Journalists in virtually every corner of the media world are now authoring blogs that allow them to say what they don't on the air or in print. In order to make it a bit easier to navigate the rapidly expanding landscape of journo-blogs, we've decided to offer up a handy compendium for your browsing pleasure.
As for who makes the cut, it's going to be a little subjective, since there is some blurring of lines here. In general, if someone is known primarily as a blogger, even if they've published in traditional media outlets, they won't be on the list – which means people like Josh Marshall, Andrew Sullivan, and Hugh Hewitt are out. (Though Hewitt, who has a radio show, is right on the line.) If someone is known as a blogger but also makes regular contributions to a traditional outlet, however – The American Prospect's Matthew Yglesias is a good example – we'll include him.
What about people who work for traditional outlets, but do so primarily as bloggers? They won't be included, since they get paid to blog, not practice traditional journalism. (That means no Kevin Drum, Mickey Kaus, or James Taranto.) The staff of Public Eye also falls into this category.
We are also going to stick mostly with national publications – a category that includes the Chicago Tribune, but not the Pensacola News Journal – so as to keep the list manageable. This is by no means a definitive list, and if you think we've left out someone particularly worthy, please let us know in comments. (For a more comprehensive accounting, see The Cyberjournalist List here.)
And now, without further ado, the journo-blogs:
Television Journalists:
Manny Medrano, ABC
Ned Potter, ABC
Jake Tapper, ABC
Steve Harrigan, Fox News
Rick Leventhal, Fox News
Greta Van Susteren, Fox News
Brian Wilson, Fox News
Dan Abrams, MSNBC
Alan Boyle, MSNBC
The Daily Nightly (Brian Williams and colleagues), NBC
Hardblogger (Chris Matthews and colleagues), MSNBC
Larry Kudlow, CNBC
Keith Olbermann, MSNBC
The Peacock blog (David Shuster and colleagues), MSNBC
Joe Scarborough, MSNBC
Squakblog, CNBC
Newspaper Journalists:
Joel Achenbach, Washington Post
Brian Chin, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The Culture Blog (various writers), San Francisco Chronicle
Mark Jurkowitz, Boston Phoenix
Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh Post Gazette
James Lileks, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Eric Zorn, Chicago Tribune
Magazine Journalists:
Altercation (Eric Alterman), The Nation
Michael Barone, U.S. News & World Report
David Corn, The Nation
The Corner (various writers), National Review:
Craig Crawford, Congressional Quarterly
Katrina Vanden Huevel, The Nation
Hit and Run (various writers), Reason
Scott Rosenberg, Salon
Noam Scheiber, The New Republic
Tapped (various writers), American Prospect
James Wolcott, Vanity Fair
Matthew Yglesias, American Prospect
NOTE: this post was updated to include additional journo-bloggers on Sept. 30.