September 03, 2003
MATT WELCH WRITES ABOUT BLOGS -- in the Columbia Journalism Review, no less.
The whole issue is on alternative media -- I got the hardcopy the other day, and it's pretty good.
UPDATE: Billy Beck says that bloggers are standing on the shoulders of giants from Usenet and elsewhere. He's right, of course. (Heck, I remember FIDONET!) And don't miss this piece by Jay Rosen from the same CJR issue.