When is blogging journalism ?

Hi all, welcome to my blog again. Haven’t been posting for a while.

Preparing for the presentation for my class paper. I’ve made a power point presentation talk about this topic:When is blogging  journalism. his post is the highlight of my main rhetoric. Leave your comment !

Distinctions	Journalists	Bloggers
Job Nature	Full-time paid job with stable income	Part-timers with no/ unstable minimal sum of income
Financial Resource	From investor, advertisers, readers and board of director	Bloggers’ bank account/ wallet and online advertisements (if any)
Organization Background	Usually work under division of labour as a team player	One-man band, working everything from scratch.
Legal Responsibility	May face lawsuit in case of inaccuracy/ unethical in reporting	May face critics from fellow bloggers or readers

Distinctions	Journalists	Bloggers
Role	Source of news to mass audiences	Source of information/ opinion to niche targeted audiences
Knowledge base	Wider coverage, specialization of multiple expertises	Specialized in single or narrower coverage of knowledge expertise
Source of information	Events happening around the world	Mainly from news reported in the media
Practise	Follow professional practises: - selection of news stories - thoroughness of news coverage,  – objectivity in reporting	Follow personal preference: - selection of news stories -      thoroughness of news coverage, -      objectivity in reporting

Watch this video to make out the difference between citizen journalists and journalists.

To Sum up:

• Blog is another tool available for audiences to   gather new information
• Blogs and journalism are generically similar in their function, but they are very different indeed
• The relationship between blog and journalism is mutually dependent

What is your say?

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