Category: new journalism

At Scientific American's blogsite, under Assignment: Impossible,  Charles Q. Choi, a science writer of considerable experience for one so early in his career, takes a deep dive into the foundations, wiring, and plumbing of the trade.

He asks a lot of questions - including what if any essential and reliably evident differences can be found between what an old-fashioned MSM reporter brings to an interview, and what a blogger does when rousing himself or herself to ring somebody up and talk about things before...