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That was the headline on a conservative blog following a $2.5 million judgment this month against blogger Crystal Cox in a defamation case tried in federal court in Oregon. It’s a case followed closely in both the blogosphere and in the traditional media, as it highlights the proliferation of blogging, the blurring of lines between journalists and bloggers and more libel cases born out of blog posts.

How he both inadvertently created the voice of the Internet and ruined a generation of writers.

Long-form blogs were once the outlet of choice, but now sites like Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr are favored.

ProPublica, in an historic first for online journalism, won a coveted Pulitzer Prize on Monday for investigative reporting about controversial deaths at a New Orleans medical center following Hurricane Katrina.

More than 100 years ago, J.A. Loring had his eyes on the California sky and his hand on a pen.