Blogging vs Journalism
john posted in politics & culture on August 31st, 2006
There have been several lengthy articles by journalists lately defending conventional journalism from blogger’s critiques.
Gladwell on journalism
Press Think: Bloggers vs. Journalists is Over
Slate on sloppy journalism
New Yorker Lehman: AMATEUR HOUR
a comment on the New Yorker: Journalism without the journalists …
I have been following this debate in the NYT and New Yorker among other sources. While journalists score a point when they complain that bloggers don’t do original news, they miss the greater issue.
News Flash:
Bloggers uncover Senator Pork at work. An example of how journalists don’t do their job.
Intelligent blogging exists because real journalists haven’t been doing their job well.
read on …