部落格在二十一世紀成為了網路世界的「人氣王」，讓人人都有機會成為「草根記者」。本研究於 2006年 7月 15日至 7月 25日期間，針對國內四家報紙觀察與統計發現，目前報紙引用部落格資訊係以藝人影劇新聞為大宗，因也確定了本研究的方向與目的。研究群復於 2007年 1月 15日至 2月 15以一個月的時間，持續統計四家報紙影劇版面的部落格資訊，並針對研究架構，選定記者、編輯與藝人部落客共 11人進行深度訪談。研究群因此對部落格新聞初始發展階段之現象獲得具體結論，包括：(1) 報紙影劇新聞版面於藝人發生重大事件時，會將其部落格資訊視為重要的新聞來源；(2) 影劇記者認為部落格為行蹤低調或難以採訪的藝人之唯一新聞尋求管道；(3) 有些編輯守門人只以一般管道看待，有些則相當重視。多數都知道引用部落格消息尤須小心查證；(4) 藝人對部落格文章被報紙刊登選用多數表示支持，唯擔心今後與記者面對面互動將減少。

Everyone is or can be a journalist in the Blog era. This new form of media was introduced to Taiwan's newspapers in 2005. This study inquired four leading newspapers in Taiwan during the period from July 2006 to February 2007. It is found that most newspapers seemed to centre round entertainment news when choosing blogs as a news source. Therefore, entertainment news was selected as the subject of this study. A month's data was collected and a series of interviews with the selected journalists, editors and entertainment celebrities were conducted. The following outcomes were found: (1) Entertainment celebrities' blogs were quoted when something important happened to him/her in question; (2) Entertainment journalists would turn to blogs when there is no other way to cover a specific story; (3) Some editors take blogs as one of the sources of news while some take them more seriously. Editors, however, know the risks of quoting stories from blogs; (4) Entertainment celebrities are happy about their articles and photos in their own blogs quoted by journalists, however, they also worry that in future person to person contact with journalist will become rarer.