bySimon Owens
Guest Top Ten List
Simon Owens is a 24-year-old journalist who lives in DC. He formerly wrote for newspapers but now covers the media for PBS's MediaShift and for his own blog, Bloggasm.com.
Top 10 New Media Blogs
Blog, P.I.
Written by my friend and former colleague, William Beutler, Blog, P.I. likes to dig into data and trends in blogging, Twitter and Wikipedia. Beutler has a good eye for trends that would otherwise go unnoticed.
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Deus Ex Malcontent
Written by a blogger who was fired from his producer position at CNN because of the opinions expressed on his blog. His essays and media criticisms—often lengthy—are incredibly well-written.
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Epicenter
I'm embarrassed to admit, as a media blogger, that I only recently subscribed to Epicenter's RSS feed, but it now has become a daily read for me. Unlike many blogs that focus on social media, this is one of the few that pumps out continuous original reporting.
Gawker
Nick Denton's Manhattan media site needs no introduction.
MediaShift
I'm an associate editor at this site, and I love writing for it because it's one of the few publications that publishes feature length, "new journalism" pieces on social media.
Nieman Journalism Lab
This blog actually has a great Twitter account that is incredibly good at finding obscure stories and perspectives pertaining to social media. Its video offerings are great to watch.
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- Links on Twitter: Court rules metadata is public record, Senate shield law would cover amateurs, Twitter lists galore
- GlobalPost generating revenue of $1 million in first year
- Links on Twitter: Politico’s co-founder on paid content, microsite for NY Times multimedia, Huffington Post’s first uses of Twitter lists
Pajiba
One of the best damn film review sites out there.
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Rough Type
Nick Carr isn't a prolific blogger, but he is adept at his devil's advocate approach to social media, a perfect balance between the new media evangelists and the old media curmudgeons.
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Taibblog
Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi doesn't write only about media, but his takedowns of Thomas Friedman and a New York Times religion blogger were so incredible that he needs to be included on this list.
Tonypierce.com + busblog
The personal blog of the LA Times blog editor, Tony Pierce. Like the Taibbi blog, it doesn't focus solely on the media, but if you watch closely he'll drop some personal behind-the-scenes observations about the struggles and tribulations in the LA Times news room.
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