A Leonard Witt Instant Message Interview
Today’s interview is with Blogging of the President–2004 host Christopher Lydon. Lydon, formerly of National Public Radio, is now a blogger and as this interview makes clear, he is moving further away from the mainstream press and deeper into web generated information.
Key Exchange:
If in this election [...]
Watch the PJNet for a new series: The Leonard Witt Instant Message Interviews. My goal is to have one a week.
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Leonard Witt is the Robert D. Fowler Distinguished Chair in Communication at Kennesaw State University and the chief blogger of PJNet. His academic interests include public and citizen journalism and how to get citizens' voices heard. He has spent most of his professional career as an award-winning journalist.