Congrats to Josh Marshall (and crew) at talkingpointsmemo.com for winning a George Polk Award, the first ever by a blogger.

Well deserved, in my – a long-time reader’s – opinion.

Blogging can be – as with talkingpointsmemo.com – a different kind of journalism.

Much as TV journalism differs from newspaper journalism and so on.

Yes, much/most(?) blogs are navel-gazing, but the blog is a powerful tool for journalism. Josh’s blog is one example, Groklaw is another.

May the blog be with you…