Newspapers and blogging: how to keep up

America has a passion for blogging and America's newspapers are rushing to fill the public's desire for still more blogs. Blogs and community bulletin boards also allow newspapers to compete in the world of cyber-journalism, while at the same time provide immediacy for breaking news that once upon a time was had only by radio and television - until blogs and the like, that is. But that same passion for blogging newspapers have is fueling an industry-wide debate about everything from staffing to sourcing, standards to liability. There's an inevitable clash of values between a newspaper, which has a journalistic reputation and brand to protect, and a swiftly changing medium that has grown in power and prestige precisely because it has flouted many of journalism's traditional rules. Read how some newspapers are addressing the many concerns here.