Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Blogs Influence Availability, Not Quality
This article goes along with what I had already thought about blogging. Blogging makes the news available in a greater number of places, but the quality of the news isn't as good as it is in a newspaper. I believe that blogging is here to stay, but when it comes to citizen journalism, I think it has a ways to go. While I think that one day the idea may make strides to becoming more and more popular, right now there's still much skepticism among people and a lot of exploration to be done before it is taken more seriously.
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What did you think about the survey's indication that many reporters are relying more and more on blogs for their own work?
I also believe that the quality of news is nowhere near that of other news mediums. Along with citizen journalism not still there, I believe it will be stronger in the future, but it hasn't reached that point yet.
Derek,
I do think that blogs could be very helpful to journalists. It could help understand a story better, show what readers may be interested in, help with fact checking, etc. I think that as an aid to reporters, blogs are good. However I just don't feel that bloggers are actual journalists. Plus, while according to this survey journalists seemed to be using them a lot, a lot of readings in the book and stuff seem to be opposite.
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