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As much as I hate to imagine Jay Rosen giving speeches from the balcony in the J-Dept, maybe I don't have a choice. After all, isn't he citizen journalism's de facto leader?

In something akin to a wee child throwing stones at a old, lumbering beast, Gawker looks at the New York Times' stance on snark and this whole Internet.

After more than 32 students are dead at Virginia Tech, people have begun flocking to the killer's LiveJournal, or so they thought.

So, we've discussed whether Amanda Congdon is a journalist or not, but what about this ?

Hey, J-School kid! Put down the Starbucks, pick up that scotch, light that cigarette and get back to work...or don't if you want to stay employed.

So, there's wild speculation that EMI and Apple Computers may break bread and bring the Beatles catalogue online tomorrow. Of course, that's the day after today.

It seems like the Gray Lady was wrong, was corrected by Wikipedia and never bothered to say so.

Well, it's really easy to tell since Gawker has finally added bylines--and an Ombudsman.

So, what is the difference between running the WSN Opinion blog and contributing to Gizmodo?

France defines "professional journalism," and China takes away one of the easiest blogging tools around.

It seems like the only thing Second Life is good for is wacky ledes--and, you know, discussion of digital and avatar rights.

And to think, it all started out with such an innocent rumor. Gawker Media's Kotaku, a blog on video games and related media, reported on a rumor yesterday.

As FishbowlNY says, maybe it's time for the Edwards campaign to get off the Web. Their campaign headquarters in the virtual world of Second Life was "griefed," or attacked.

Did you catch the hilarious parody song from last Sunday's Academy Awards with Jack Black and Will Ferrell? Well, if you didn't, you probably won't.

We've talked about religious bloggers in the past, but what happens when said blog gets you arrested—and possibly up for a death sentence.

Yes, you heard it here first (or to be more accurate, it was here when I found it.)

Gawker is quick to swoop in like the aging bird of prey it is and make a few choice remarks over its own He Who Must Not Be Named

After watching the “leaked” clip that from earlier this week I decided that I had to break out the single greatest tool a blogger can use.

So, I missed Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind over at Pioneer and thought my night would be ruined.

While we're on the Marcotte story, let's take a look at last night's O'Reilly Factor. (YouTube link here)