Blogs of War

Unheard of just a few years ago, these web journals set up by anyone with a story to tell?or an axe to grind?.have brought down major media and picked on politicians, but now find the spotlight?s glare turned back on them. We're looking at the growing influence of the blogosphere and whether blogs are being used for democracy or demagoguery. Laura's guests are Dan Gillmor, Author of ?We the Media: Grassroots Journalism By the People, For the People? and founder of Grassroots Media, a project to encourage and enable more citizen-based media. Gillmor is a former columnist for several newspapers, including the San Jose Mercury News and Detroit Free Press and ran a weblog for SiliconValley.com. Laura is also joined by Dave Winer, Editor of The Scripting News Weblog, one of the earliest blogs on the internet and currently the longest running.