warblogger

plural warbloggers

1. InternetThe writer of a warblog.

   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.

   2005, Graeme Turner, Ending the Affair: The Decline of Television Current Affairs in Australia, page 138

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   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.

   2005, Hugh Hewitt, Blog: Understanding the Information Reformation That's Changing Your World, page 106

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

   2009, Melissa Wall, “The Taming of the Warblogs: Citizen Journalism and the War in Iraq”, in Stuart Allan, Einar Thorsen, editors, Citizen Journalism: A Global Perspective, page 33