Tuesday, January 22, 2008

blogs and journalism

The blog is a new way for people to publish their own work, as i mentioned in an earlier post, they allow writers to gain recognition from readers and other writers.
In an article found on ABC.net.au, Richard Aedy and Jason di Rosso are discussing the way in which serious journalism in Australia and America is being threatened because of blogging.

"The growth in blogs is happening at the same time that audiences for mainstream news media are falling, especially in America." - Richard Aedy

Jason di Rosso gives a possible explanation, saying that after the tsunami (december 04) people searching on the interent for information were presented with blog sites.

John Burton replies:
"...The idea that a normal person in the middle of this chaos, telling this world about what’s happening is something that blogs can do really well."

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