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Re: Blogging’s 10th Birthday: Are We Journalists Yet?

Aleksiu — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 02:21:17 -0000

interesting

Re: Blogging’s 10th Birthday: Are We Journalists Yet?

Stylianos — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:39:04 -0000

Cool.

Re: Blogging’s 10th Birthday: Are We Journalists Yet?

Rhigas — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 05:11:17 -0000

interesting

Re: Blogging’s 10th Birthday: Are We Journalists Yet?

Marios — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 13:29:15 -0000

Interesting...

Re: Blogging’s 10th Birthday: Are We Journalists Yet?

Harrys — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 12:23:07 -0000

Cool...

Re: Blogging’s 10th Birthday: Are We Journalists Yet?

Elliot Essman — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:17:00 -0000

Blogging is journalism when the blogger establishes the blog entry as treating matters that are, at least relatively, important. A good journalist does the same. The poor journalist fills and wastes newsprint as the poor blogger wastes bandwidth.

I believe the key to this kind of contextual importance is the notion that others will be reading the content. Hence, a rant is not journalism; it is too personal; it is more in the line of self talk.

There is no question that the blog phenomenon has increased and enhanced journalism. The reading market decides where its attention will be placed.

The bottom line: entry to the blog forum is simple, but longevity depends on quality. You cannot ignore the need for thoughtfulness and quality of expression.

Re: Blogging’s 10th Birthday: Are We Journalists Yet?

Brian Dear — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:43:22 -0000

FYI, I started blogging on my nettle.com blog on June 1st, 1997.

Re: Blogging’s 10th Birthday: Are We Journalists Yet?

Sikosis — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:14:30 -0000

Are we journalists ? No. We don't get paid to write on our blogs, we do it for fun and to show others what we are interested in.

Re: Blogging’s 10th Birthday: Are We Journalists Yet?

RexDixon — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 13:35:59 -0000

Nope! You know we aren't journalists. There isn't the red tape that slows down stories; which sometimes we get wrong. :)

Rex

Re: Blogging’s 10th Birthday: Are We Journalists Yet?

Livia Iacolare — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 11:20:02 -0000

Kelly, when I talk about bloggers I certainly don't mean those people who write their personal blogs and have a non professional attitude while reporting on facts.

Of course bloggers are different from journalists, but this doesn't mean that bloggers cannot be reliable.

As I pointed out before, the difference is in the medium itself. In my country - Italy - journalists make loads of mistakes everyday, but since they write on important newspapers or appear on TV, they are automatically crowned with authority.

THIS is what I don't like.

I certainly agree with you when you state that it's up to readers to figure out which blogs are reliable and which bloggers act like journalists; the problem is that nobody seems to do wonder whether all the journalists that we know deserve their title and the related privileges.

Re: Blogging’s 10th Birthday: Are We Journalists Yet?

Nico — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 11:13:47 -0000

Yes you are!. Yes, we are.

Re: Blogging’s 10th Birthday: Are We Journalists Yet?

greasyguide — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 09:18:23 -0000

Most journalist are afarid of bloggers because bloggers have proved then they have an audience. With magazine and print media readership down most old media companies are incorporating bloggers/blogging into their online offers to try and attract back their readership. I think as the years go on we will see more of the old media/new media integration and more pro journalist will have to blog as a part of their everyday content production.

Re: Blogging’s 10th Birthday: Are We Journalists Yet?

Brad Linder — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 08:54:58 -0000

From Webster's:

1 a : a person engaged in journalism; especially : a writer or editor for a news medium b : a writer who aims at a mass audience

But this is the same organization that recently dubbed "ginormous" a word.

I'm going to go way out on a limb here and say yes and no. Some bloggers are journalists. Some journalists are bloggers. We're all writers, but you could argue whether or not we're all writing for a "news medium."

Anybody who starts a journal of their personal thoughts and feelings on LiveJournal is a blogger. That doesn't make them a journalist.

But most of the stuff you find on Mashable, Download Squad, Engadget, or TechCrunch qualifies as journalism. Often, it's based on secondary sources. Often the articles don't go in depth. But the same can be said of much traditional journalism. And when bloggers excel, they provide excellent analysis, product walkthroughs, or in-depth interviews informed by the expertise of a beat reporter.

Re: Blogging’s 10th Birthday: Are We Journalists Yet?

Andy — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 08:45:02 -0000

"Are we journalists yet?"

Now that is the ultimate in 'navel gaze Sunday' questions!

Re: Blogging’s 10th Birthday: Are We Journalists Yet?

Steve Garfield — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 08:10:09 -0000

Just to set the record straight over here since the WSJ doesn't allow comments.

I started blogging prior to Jorn Barger...

http://tinyurl.com/yqogf8

I'm sure there are others.

Re: Blogging’s 10th Birthday: Are We Journalists Yet?

Patrick Altoft — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 07:30:27 -0000

Sadly the guy who created the first blog ended up broke and homeless by 2005 and in 2007 has to beg for donations to cover his hosting charges.

http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/...

His blog is still running though.

Re: Blogging’s 10th Birthday: Are We Journalists Yet?

Livia Iacolare — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 06:56:31 -0000

That's a good question Pete.

It is very hard to state which are the professional criteria to define what is a journalist. As far as I know, journalists are simply reporters with privileges that bloggers don't have.

Journalists identify with a caste; bloggers are the expression of an emerging subculture.

In this case, the difference between the two groups is not based on the quality of the research and work they do, but exclusively on the media they use to communicate.