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What Bloggers Can Learn From Journalists

Blogging can be not only influential, but also great fun. As Wonkette.com’s Ana Marie Cox has said, “It’s all chocolate cake and no potatoes.”

Of course, as blogging has grown up — from exclusively the domain of hobbyists typing for the world from their spare bedrooms to the addition of top-flight bloggers making careers of it and bringing in professional salaries — the diet has become a bit more balanced, at least for some.

Bloggers need to eat their vegetables, too, if they expect to grow up and win the respect of larger audiences and survive the rigors of long-term publishing…

…bloggers could learn a thing or two from traditional journalists.

Let us count the ways.