Bloggers as journalistic pit bulls

Courtesy Romenesko, I read this interview with A. Huffington about the success of her newsblog, The Huffington Post. Among her comments:

When bloggers decide that something matters, they chomp down hard and refuse to let go. They're the true pit bulls of reporting. The only way to get them off a story is to cut off their heads (and even then you'll need to pry their jaws open). They almost all work alone, but, ironically, it's their collective effort that makes them so effective. They share their work freely, feed off one another's work, argue with each other, and add to the story dialectically.

When I read that, I thought of Badger, who spent a week volunteering infotech skilz in the Astrodome and is continuing her work at home in California. She will not let go of this story. She is a true information pit bull -- or badger!

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