"I think the argument about bloggers vs. journalists has been over for years. We've all co-existed just fine for a while now, and the truth is, the distinction is less relevant every day. There are thousands of journalists who now blog, and there are lots of bloggers who are trained journalists."
-Jim Brady, executive editor of Washingtonpost.com
Monday, October 25, 2010
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I agree with the quote in the sense that alot of bloggeres now adays are trained journalists and also almost all of the mainstream journalists and news organizations use blogs,facebook,or twitter to communicate with the genral public.
Yes, I also agree with the quote (and with Omer). Bloggers and journalists have co-existed for years. The difference between then and now however is that I feel like journalists didn't feel threatened by bloggers in the past because sources for technology were limited. Now we're in a day and age when we carry the news in our backpockets 24/7. NOW this scares journalists...the idea of the community having access to news in other formats other than just the news or the newspaper. But like the blogoshphere, journalists have decided to evolve and work with citizen journalists by hiring them for their newspapers (NYT) or making a news program specifically for them (CNNs iReport). It's like that old saying, "If you can't beat em, join em."
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