As The Snarkers have noted Live Sports Blogging hit a new high last night with Xan Brooks' coverage of the longest tennis game ever. It was a masterful display in a genuinely new form.
This kind of thing, like the work Anna Pickard's been doing is carving out a new type of writing. Simultaneously conversation, criticism, coverage and entertainment. It reminds me of the way Clive James invented the serious yet entertaining TV review, all those years ago.
People wonder what skills trainee journalists should acquire these days. Here's a start, learn this.