What IS blogging? Journalism?

We all know how blogging is on the rise, since we ourselves have become bloggers this semester BUT we’ve also learned how journalism for the Web is an almost completely different practice than print journalism. All of these things on the Web can add value to stories such as pictures, vocal interviews, video, screen grabbers… [...]

Blog Blah Blog – Blogging possibilities

When New Yorker Jonathan Colton, 36, decided to pursue his old dream of becoming a musician, he vowed to write and record a song a week for a year. Besides his talent, he had on his side an Apple Powerbook and, the most important, internet access.

Through his Web site Colton distributed songs and [...]

Blog ON

Blogs are becoming more and more accepted in the journalism world. The spreading of information through blogs is so vast that to discredit blogs altogether would be a fruitless en devour. As journalists. we need to embrace all forms of information sharing networks and take them at face value.
In trying to find a [...]

Behold the Blogosphere!

Blogs are the voices of the internet. They allow millions of people to share their thoughts, opinions, interests, and information with whoever is interested. With the internet as a medium, the possibilities are endless as to what can be done with blogs.
Blogs are considered an alternative form of journalism, it doesn’t relay news [...]

Of Blogs and Men

“In a way, blogs have simply become another medium of expression, and asking whether a blog is journalism is like asking whether television is journalism–it depends on what’s on.” – James Foust, Online Journalism
Blogs are:
Immediate
Bloggers can update their webpages immediately. Shawn Courchesne of the Hartford Courant posts to his auto racing blog while sitting in [...]

Blog It:)

Blogs are changing journalism. Journalists are changing blogs. And as the two information delivery systems morph, the most valuable and enjoyable use of the blog is yet to come.

No use of blogs, however, will ever beat the sheer joy of saying the word. Blog. Say it five times fast. blog-blog-blog-blog-blog. [...]

Blogs: A Double-Edged Knife

Blogs are a significant innovation in the history of journalism. Blogs, a web-based form of transmitting information, ideas and opinions using the Internet, are more informal and conversational than traditional media. As with online news stories, blogs can also benefit from added value: photos, hyperlinks, videos.
Blogs are like a double-edged [...]

Blog to the Future

Until the blog appeared, people have had their news handed to them. Books, radio and television controlled the news. They talked, you listened.
However, the blog has revolutionized the news industry. Suddenly, anyone can create a blog and publish news as he sees fit. And this of course is the best and the worst of [...]

The Art of Blog

When asked how to become a successful blogger in today’s consumer-oriented world, Shawn Courchesne, auto-racing blogger for the Hartford Courant, had a simple answer.
“You’ve got to get a niche that no one really wants to do,” he said. “Like racing(RIP Paul Newman) and boxing for me.”
According to Courchesne, the topic of one’s blog is [...]

Blogs > Mainstream Media

Mainstream media has the tendency to take non-mainstream ideas and dismiss them as being irrelevant. This philosophy forced a non-mainstream media, blogs, to fill that void and cover things deemed by popular media to be uncoverable.
Blogs have the ability to be like underground publishers. They are usually not owned by media [...]