Amateur Hour has a post about an article in the USA Today about blogs. What is new about such article in a major media outlet is that it is neither dismissive, nor ignorant and thoughtful about both the strengths and weaknesses of blogs as a medium of amateur journalism.

As Jay Rosen, a blogger and the chairman of New York University's journalism department, puts it:

Readers are becoming writers.

Tom Bevan, a former advertising executive, turned to full-time blogging:

That's one of the fantastic things about the blogosphere and the Internet. If you have something to say that's interesting, you will eventually be heard.

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