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Re: 2008/07/27/blogging-journalism/

reds — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:01:51 -0000

Please do not include Scooble picture. It's driving me nuts... I want to throw up.

Re: 2008/07/27/blogging-journalism/

Barry Diller — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:36:15 -0000

What search engine does Barack Obama use?
http://www.californiaconser...

You can't make this sh*t up...

"Finally, Black people across the country have a search engine that is shaped by the interests and usage of the Black community," said RushmoreDrive.com's Johnny Taylor in a statement.

Re: 2008/07/27/blogging-journalism/

Paul Rushing — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:57:06 -0000

I run a fairly obscure blog and did not realize it's true reach until I was recently threated to be sued over a review of an automotive internet marketing seminar advertising techniques and questioned the integrity of what are they really teaching.

What has happened based on these events it has gone somewhat viral in that small niche of the car business.

Blogs do level the playing field in the one way news distribution channels that many have come to rely on. They are merely opinion based on fact for the most part.

Will they ever be fully embraced as a news medium? I would like to think so!!

Re: 2008/07/27/blogging-journalism/

Ling — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:45:56 -0000

Thing is, very few blogs feature 'original reporting'. Most simply rehash material they collect from the MSM. Which kindof makes the MSM indispensable. So, if you take a long term viewpoint, blogs might go away some day and be replaced by something more stable, but news organizations will still be there.

Re: 2008/07/27/blogging-journalism/

PaulGlazowski — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:35:47 -0000

Yeah, we're seeing hybridization. Blogs are getting bigger, while maintaining their conversational nature. Big Media, meanwhile, is try to get into the conversation. Though it refused to do so for some time, it's moving at a fairly solid pace now. That's a definite plus.

Re: 2008/07/27/blogging-journalism/

PaulGlazowski — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:32:53 -0000

Agreed.

Re: 2008/07/27/blogging-journalism/

Small Axe — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:00:50 -0000

Within the context of the effectiveness of new media being blogging, and old media being print media. Blogging while not perfect has had a profound impact on old media to the extent that any newspaper of high repute now has a blog.

These blogs are not simply keeping up with the Joneses, but are an admission of the fact that if newspapers did not get onboard, they would be left behind. This is ample proof that blogging and the dialogue that blogs by definition acitvely encourage via commments (just like this) are not only here to stay but have forced the print media to add value to their publications by doing likewise.

Following from the above print media which produces dated commentary had lost readership due to being blogless. Now actively reference their blogs in the newspapers, magazines they publish.

Quality of research while directly related to production resources, will undoubtedly continue to improve as blog networks gain more traction. This is not about if but when it occurs; & is all downto time.