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Legal newsroom of the future brought to you by Talking Points Memo

By Kevin OKeefe

Can't help but wonder if the legal newsroom of the future hasn't arrived after reading this article from Monday's New York Times, which profiles political blogger Joshua Michah Marshall and his blog Talking Points Memo. Marshall recently received the prestigious George Polk Award for legal reporting, based on the coverage Talking Points Memo provided of the fired U.S. attorney scandal that rocked headlines in early 2007. Bestowers of the award noted that TPM's diligent journalism “sparked interest by the traditional news media and led to the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.” And it didn't require a huge staff or budget to do. The picture above shows TPM's newsroom in Manhattan. It's nothing fancy...I count seven staff members and an equal number of computers, in a space no bigger than LexBlog's conference room...continue to full post

Full post as published by Real Lawyers : Have Blogs on February 29, 2008 (boomark / email).