Warblogger

Possibly the most famous warblogger was the Baghad architect, Salam Pax, who logged on regularly to provide eyewitness reports on the bombing of his city.

And when Lileks turned into a warblogger, he made his bones. His audience swelled as Lileks turned tremendous writing skills to the issues of the war and a post-9/11 world.

Another notable difference is that warbloggers eventually made themselves heard on their own terms by the mainstream media, which had initially scorned them.