‘Everyone in our newsroom’ wants to blog

Speaking at ONA 2006, Washington Post editor Len Downie said the internet and its 24/7 news cycle has “improved journalism a lot” and changed his newsroom for the better. “Everyone in our newsroom wants to be a blogger,” he said. And what about blogs outside the newsroom? “Blogs are not competitors and not problems,” he said. “Instead we have a very interesting symbiotic relationship. Our largest driver of traffic is Matt Drudge.”