Personal Democracy Forum

"Getting your work published used to require jumping many hurdles; now it [requires] next to nothing," writes Rosenberg about how blogging broke down the barriers of traditional journalism. Today, blogs compete with traditional media to be the place where journalism's "most knowledgeable practitioners and most creative students are doing their hardest thinking." Scott Rosenberg, co-founder Salon.com and author of "Say Everything: How Blogging Began, What It's Becoming, and Why It Matters" discusses how we got there, and how technology is shaping the future of political reporting and commentary.