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April 9, 2008

Politics & blogs: Perfect partners

The insular, gossipy world of Westminster lends itself well to the medium of blogging, and several political journalists are now prolific in their online output.

By far the biggest beast in the press gallery’s blogging jungle is Nick Robinson with his Newslog, where the BBC political editor takes full advantage of his prominent platform.

Robinson regularly posts his full scripts from TV and radio pieces, as well as briefer commentaries on events of the day. The scale of his influence was recently shown by a passing reference to the well-regarded academic Revolts.co.uk site, increasing its traffic by 1,000 per cent.

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