Tuesday, April 24, 2007

My First Hit of Blog


Es mi dia primero!
Welcome to Ye Ol Weblog’s first posting. I’ve avoided blogs in the past because the ones I have come across (granted I haven’t read many) have been GenericEmoKid15 complaining about why nobody wants to sit next to him at lunch.
To avoid this, I would like to use my blog as a sort-of midpoint between the canned journalistic articles I write for school and work and the ramblings my poor friends are forced to listen to occasionally. In doing so, I will attempt to cite my sources (and links) as often as possible.
I’d like to discuss both the changing nature of journalism, in the face of youtube, cell phones, podcasting, and blogs. I profoundly believe that in the next 50 years journalism, as we know it, will be transferred, to a large extent, back to the people. Perhaps, something like citizen journalism.
Yes, I still believe that ordained (and employed) journalists would still have a crucial role in delivering information. Readers will always need an absolutely trusted news source that answers to editors and codes of ethics. But, bloggers will add something new: more dialogue, more opinions (some good, some bad), and more voice!
With that, I introduce my first semi-professional blog article regarding the similarities and differences between bloggers and journalists.

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