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The Internet doesn’t work on a daily schedule. But even more importantly, it abhors the absence of voice. There’s a reason why opinion writing tends to dominate the most-read lists on our “news” sites. Indeed, what we’ve seen is that Internet communities tend to form around voices — informed, passionate, authoritative voices in particular. (No one wants to read a bored blogger, I always say.) --Dan Froomkin (source)

I hadn't realized it had been over three years since I attended Harvard's Nieman Conference, but the date stamp doesn't lie. I checked back because I saw Dan Froomkin, who I'd found to be one of the more memorable speakers that year, is still actively involved with the Foundation, authoring a series of blog posts on the future of news. The particular segment that caught my eye was entitled "Why 'playing it safe' is killing American newspapers."

Froomkin was an "early adopter" of blogging as far as newspapermen go, joining WashingtonPost.com in 1997 and being the long-time writer and blogger for "White House Watch." Looking back over my notes when I first heard him speak and what he's saying now, I'm surprised by how little they've changed.

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My Dan Froomkin notes as promised.

Froomkin first threw out the idea of blogs as vehicle, correlating nicely with Keefer's take on format agnosticism.