Mediagazer: Why the Guardian has ‘given bloggers the keys’ to its website (Alastair Reid/Journalism.co.uk)

1:25 AM ET, June 8, 2013

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Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk:

Why the Guardian has ‘given bloggers the keys’ to its website — The Guardian's new environment blog network brings writers from around the world to add expert commentary alongside news reporting — Copyright: By DonkeyHotey on Flickr. Some rights reserved.

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