Comments on: BLOGS VS MEDIA, PART XVII

By: Ian S.

Ian S. — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

And considering the unprofessional state of professional war coverage that's a plus.

By: Dean Esmay

Dean Esmay — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Well, for the record, when I give examples of "my own posts," most of them are NOT, in fact, mine, but by people who submitted materials to my blog. Only one of them was actually my work.

I'm still proud of 'em though. :-)

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Heh. Duly noted.

By: O. F. Jay

O. F. Jay — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

You know, James, your whole disucssion on Blogs vs. the Traditional Media begs a few questions: 1. Should we actually try and squirm into whatever pigeonholes the traditional media has left us? 2. Or should we examine, instead, the additive value of our punditry to the examination of traditional media outlets? Not all blogs can perform "real journalism" nor, I think, should they. As a supplement to "real journalism" blogs are quite... supreme, and on point. Should this character of blogging change, just so we can perform "real journalism?" First the resources needed to be a "real journalist" blogger are astounding, and it takes a lot of energy to be a one-man newsroom blogger. Right now the only one I can think of who fits this mold is Drudge. Oh well, if you haven't read this and this, I hope you have time to. The first is an article on blogs and the other is my e-mail convo with the author.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

OFJ,

No, I agree. I think punditry and, especially, calling attention to otherwise poorly publicized stories in mainstream journalistic outlets is quite valuable. I just think we ought not get carried away in the "Bloggers are replacing CNN" frenzy.

By: O. F. Jay

O. F. Jay — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Bloggers are replacing CNN? Whoever thought of that? LOL! I know MY role in the media spectrum, who in the world is thinking otherwise?

By: Jane Galt

Jane Galt — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

But there is a long tradition of journals and correspondance in newspapers -- "Letters from. . . " or "Washington Diary. . ." Are those, then, not real journalism?

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

JG,

As Don Sensing pointed out in the comments to a similar thread yesterday, trying to define journalism is like trying to nail Jello to a wall (not that I'm sure why anyone would try the latter).

But a lot of things that appear in newspapers aren't really journalism. If the plural of anecdote isn't data, I'm not sure printing some rumors one heard at the bar is journalism.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Yesterday I offered what I thought was an interesting theory here where I asked if we could "report" by remote control. (So to speak) Apparently Reuters now writes story about what happenes in Virginia from the comfort of the home office in Britain. http://www.dailymail.com/news/Opinion/2003072434/ I plan on applying to Reuters next week. ;-) Paul

By: Wizbang

Wizbang — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

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SageOne asks, I answer. Q. What are your thoughts on the future of blogging? A: Well for the last few day's I've been involved in discussion about quality writing and journalism in the blogosphere here, here, and here. This doesn't...

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