The Lede is a blog that mixes New York Times content with news stories and postings taken from blogs and citizen journalists.
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/
It has excellent coverage of world events, in particular accounts of protests incorporate comment from local bloggers,. This includes links to videos, maps. For example, see http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/tunisians-document-protests-online/ this coverage of the Tunisian protests which has links to resources from Tunisian activists and bloggers. The lead blogger is Robert Mackey, a reporter for The New York Times
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