Blogging: a true reporter's calling

Miami Herald columnist Fred Grimm, in his new blog The Grimm Truth, makes a statement about journalism and blogging that strikes true to me, Blogging, Circa 1968:

Writing for a small town newspaper, knocking out one little story after another, every day, writing about everything that moved, I was utterly intertwined in the life of the community. And the community wasn't shy about telling me I didn't know what the hell I was talking about. I was blogging. I just didn't know it yet.

This one will be on my daily visit list.