Exerpt from my story for All The Rage

“The past few years have seen explosive growth in blogging. It�s moved from mundane ” dear diary ” -type writing to wave-making social and political activism.

Within minutes of a story breaking, thousands of Web sites can quickly report on the event, providing running commentary. Blogs have made politics and punditry lean and fast. If you doubt the power of the blog, just take a look at almost any news outlet�s Web site. They�ve been restyled into a type of instantaneous publishing portal. ABC Nightly News recently made bloggers their ” People of the Year. “

And if you think blogs are impressive, just watch the growth of the vlogging culture.”

In a touch of syncronicity, it seems Sandeep Junnarakar of The New York Times was thinking the same thing for his column, Bloggers Add Moving Images to Their Musings.