Journalism-Blogging History

Inspired by this list by Paul Bradshaw of important moments in journalism-blogging history on Online Journalism Blog, I compiled my own list (in no particular order) of moments that I feel deserve a spot in my journalism-blogging hall of fame.

1. Talking Points Memo blog's reader participant investigation breaks the story of the various US attorneys being fired across the United Sates. (2007)

2. In Myanmar, citizens journalists played a vital role in transmitting news about the democratic protests by using cell phones and social media, when most formal journalists were banned from the country. (2007)

3. Tim Pool, critic of mainstream media and Fusion's Director of Media Innovation, was on the scene in Ferguson when a grand jury decided not to indict the officer who killed Michael Brown and covered the protests on social media. (2014)

4. Where the mainstream media failed on reporting the truth on the Iraq War, independent blogs picked up the slack and forced the mainstream to begin covering the reality of the war that the mainstream ignored. (2001-2004)

5. In my opinion, the work that independent media outlets, such as Democracy Now! and The Intercept, have been doing in the Trump Era have been incredible at calling out injustices, reporting inconsistencies and doing investigative work. (2016- present)