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Any respectable blogger working today is at least aware of the many social media websites that contribute to our articles reaching a wider audience: Reddit, Yahoo Buzz, Stumble Upon, and, of course, the granddaddy of them all, Digg.

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One of the most worthy critiques of modern media is that it's increasingly reliant on pundits and opinion makers, and increasingly less concerned with actual reportage. Take my job, for example. I do a fair amount of original reportage, and have contacts in pertinent fields.

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As we've been reporting, 2010 is shaping up to be the hottest year on record.

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The anger at BP over the past three months has been expressed in a lot of ways: calls to boycott the company into bankruptcy. A competition to redesign BP's logo.