The Media Drop

If anyone’s been wondering whether bloggers are being taken seriously by members of the media, then the answer is yes - well, sort of. At least one reporter from Money thought enough of a San Diego-area blogger’s commentary about a real estate boom in that market to call him for background in a magazine article, the San Diego Union-Tribune’s Mike Freeman reports. Now while this isn’t chapter and verse that “bloggers are experts, consider them for your Rolodex,” it does lend a bit of creedence to the opinion and research value that they bring to the table being important.