- Blogging in traditional journalism- extending the boundaries, challenging
traditional authorities, and stirring controversy over journalism and
journalists
Blog entries on Poynter website:
Mindy McAdams, a journalism professor at the University of
Florida
"The value of allowing — even encouraging — readers to extend and
enhance a story should
be obvious, … (Participatory) models could work well for news organizations
... but the news organizations would have to allow them to work. To do
that, the news organizations would first need to get over the elitism
that makes
journalists think they can tell the story better than other people in
all cases."
John Granatino, vice president of news and operations at
Belo Interactive, responded that readers have a proprietary interest
in the
outcome of
stores.
"It is this self-interest that will guide how they
tell the story. This
distinguishes them from good journalists who do not care which side
prevails, as long as
all relevant truths are being reported. … It is not elitism that
causes journalists to think they can tell stories better than other people.
Telling stories, without
fear or favor, is what good journalists are trained to do."
Several media organizations have blogs, but they're edited
NYTimes
deal with RadioUserland to allow bloggers to insert links
to daily headlines [with annotations allowed] into their blogs.
MSNBC WeblogCentral
“Weblogs are journalism,” says Joan Connell, executive producer for
Opinions and Communities at MSNBC.com. “They can be used to great effect
in reporting an unfolding story and keeping readers informed.”
CNN - Kevin Sites
- (March 17) “This experience has really made me rethink my rather
orthodox views of reaching folks via mass media. Blogging is an
incredible tool, with amazing potential. The feedback readers are
posting motivates me to provide as much as I can for all of these
folks hungry for first-hand info.”
- (March
21) “I've been asked to suspend my war blogging for awhile.”
- CNN said his war corresponding was a full time job that didn't
leave any time for personal blogging.
- Does
CNN own everything Site’s writes, 24/7?
- Would CNN's response
be different in non-war situation?
BBC - Stuart
Hughes Northern Iraq blog
- Hughes mentions Kevin Sites controversy…says
it never occurred to him that
his blog could be a conflict of interest. “I was interested to read that
CNN's Kevin Sites had been asked to suspend his blog. I must admit the thought
of a conflict of interest hadn't really occurred to me since I set this site
up primarily to keep in touch with family and friends.”
Christopher Albritton, a former reporter for the Associated Press and
the New York Daily News, was philosophical about the future of this form
of journalism (Internet funded correspondent)
"It's a marketplace
of ideas, and those who are awarded credibility by their readers will prosper," he
said.
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