---
title: "Iranian Journalist Credits Blogs for Playing Key Role in His Release From Prison."
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/1/10/iranian-journalist-credits-blogs-for-playing-key-role-in-his.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/1/10/iranian-journalist-credits-blogs-for-playing-key-role-in-his.html"
published: "2004-01-10T14:18:00"
updated: "2004-01-10T14:18:00"
tags: ["Blogging"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "This is pretty darn cool. [via Dan Gillmor ]"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Iranian Journalist Credits Blogs for Playing Key Role in His Release From Prison.

By Roy Osherove January 10, 2004 In [Blogging](https://osherove.com/blog/category/blogging)

**Historical article** · Originally published January 10, 2004; technical details may be outdated.

[This is pretty darn cool.](http://www.ojr.org/ojr/glaser/1073610866.php)

\[via [Dan Gillmor](http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/archives/001650.shtml)\]

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