I attended a blogging conference which addressed the issues of blogging and the mass explosion that the media has seem to take over the web. I couldn't help but wonder what does this mean for the traditional ways of newspapers?
Someone in the audience, a fellow journalism student, asked about how the conventional means of reporting that we have been taught are basically thrown away when it comes to reporting. I can't help but agree, that the biases in blogging (basically about anything) does lean towards one way. But doesn't everything else? Should we embrace this new social media that others are reluctant to turn to?
So, where is the journalism industry going? What does all of this mean?
Maybe this video can answer some questions
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Hi Sophia. Thanks for video link. I hadn't seen it.
ReplyDeleteYou're right, blogs are not journalism, but they can be used for journalism. The big question for me is, without mainstream media publishing daily newspapers, and having deep pockets for the libel lawyers, how can bloggers effectively do investigative journalism? Mike Huber, timesunion.com
I feel as if bloggers can do investigative journalism, but they can't publish unless it's for a mainstream publication, like the Times Union. There's nothing preventing someone from doing investigative journalism except for their own resources but publishing is a different story. What happens if a blogger posts something that can be seen as slander or libel against someone else? Are they willing to accept the consequences as journalists, or rush behind the curtain and say "I'm just blogging."? The question is, is blogging publishing? It could be, people don't have to pay for it, it's still getting out there, but is it considered mainstream? It can be considered mainstream since many people blog and do it, but I still think it goes against traditional and those conventional means of journalism that have always been known to us. Blogging is not journalism because they have nothing to lose by what they say. A journalist who prints something falsely, even by mistake, faces losing their job and is held accountable at a higher standard than a blogger would be. They are even shunned by the journalism community as a whole. What happens to the rest of their career then (i.e., Dan Rather).
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