In the article Blogger vs. Journalism Jay Rosen brings up significant points in the field of journalism over the roles that both bloggers and professional journalists play in the press. I use the term professional journalists because I (like Rosen) believe that bloggers are also a type of journalist except they typically don’t get paid to do their job.
In the article Rosen argues that the debate over bloggers and journalists has shift from and “us vs. them” game to and “us vs. how do we include them” game. Rosen lays out some pretty strong arguments for how big media and bloggers can incorporate into each other and still find a satisfy and their individual niches of serving the public just in different ways. In an article written by Mark Glaser he argues that the lines between blogger and journalist are being blurred even more. He states that blog companies are hiring seasoned reporters in order to gain more credibility and trust and that Rosen talked about in his article. Also seasoned journalists of major newspapers have started blogging as a way of getting their stories and “voice” out there.
Glaser goes on to argue that the line between journalist and blogger has been blurring since 2002. Similar to the state Rosen made in his article that blogs and traditional journalism have been intersecting every since 2001 and the terrorist attacks. The claim that I would like to make is that journalism and bloggers are still in debate. While this blurring of the lines has occurred I still don’t believe that major news organizations have truly embraced the blog for what it is. I believe they see it as another market to be tapped not a parallel market that will in some ways make their jobs easier and in other ways challenge them to keep up.
What do you think?
Is the battle between Journalists and Blogger over? Or are the battle lines just shifting?
Is main stream media truly starting to embrace the world of blogging or is it viewing it as another market to be tapped?
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