Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Electronic Village: Chicago Tribune's Howard Witt Discusses Past & Future of the Afrosphere


By The Villager

Drumbeats from The Urban Report pointed us to this interview of Chicago Tribune reporter Howard Witt. Witt, who broke the Shaquanda Cotton and Jena 6 stories, tells of the power of African American blogs, shortcoming of the white blogosphere and how mainstream media cuts might mean the end of Cotton and Jena 6 type stories.



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