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By: Welcome, WBAL Listeners » Technology, Blogging and New Media

Welcome, WBAL Listeners » Technology, Blogging and New Media — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:26:49 +0000

[...] My presumption is that you ended up here because you are interested in news and take a keen interest in the goings on of our world. Recently, there were some rumblings by some notable bloggers to “find out the truth” in New Orleans, and I was one that took those bloggers to task – which landed me an interview with the Sun. Journalism is not journalism if care is not taken. [...]

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 00:15:52 +0000

I’ll agree on “Fuzzy journalism”. :)

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 00:15:52 +0000

I’ll agree on “Fuzzy journalism”. :)

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 00:15:52 +0000

I’ll agree on “Fuzzy journalism”. :)

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 00:15:52 +0000

I’ll agree on “Fuzzy journalism”. :)

By: chartreuse

chartreuse — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 00:14:00 +0000

Can I call it ‘New Journalism’? :)

Great coversation, we agree to disagree.

Speaking of bad journalist, check this out. It deserves some publicity.

http://www.copyblogger.com/journalistic-superio...

By: chartreuse

chartreuse — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 00:14:00 +0000

Can I call it ‘New Journalism’? :)

Great coversation, we agree to disagree.

Speaking of bad journalist, check this out. It deserves some publicity.

http://www.copyblogger.com/journalistic-superio...

By: chartreuse

chartreuse — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 00:14:00 +0000

Can I call it ‘New Journalism’? :)

Great coversation, we agree to disagree.

Speaking of bad journalist, check this out. It deserves some publicity.

http://www.copyblogger.com/journalistic-superio...

By: chartreuse

chartreuse — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 00:14:00 +0000

Can I call it ‘New Journalism’? :)

Great coversation, we agree to disagree.

Speaking of bad journalist, check this out. It deserves some publicity.

http://www.copyblogger.com/journalistic-superio...

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 00:09:09 +0000

I understand what you're saying. Believe me, I do. But what you are doing is not journalism. It is being a columnist. That too is fine as long as that's the face you put on this.

Four bloggers going to New Orleans to find out how the city is surviving with media coverage a year later is journalism.

Four bloggers going to New Orleans to find out how bad FEMA and the federal government fucked the effort up and to seize on political opportunism and not get the flip side of the story, is opinion writing.

We agree about Om. We disagree about this.

Blogging is not necessarily journalism because you want it to be called journalism. Blogging can be journalism if a journalistic approach that assumes objectivity is taken.

What the guys are doing with your blessing is not journalism.