honestly i would much rather read www.daytrotter.com or aquariumdrunkard any day over the guys at Rolling Stone. Honestly, I haven't even heard anything about Rolling Stone in quite a while now Pitchfork is the new Rolling Stone. So The answer is yes blogging is making a huge impact as apposed to the classic journalist.
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These so-called blogger/journalists (Laurie, what was the label you mentioned that you hated and would not use for them?) don;t have the formal education and knowledge of the history of journalism to even be called journalists. I never really understood the whole idea of blogging for a public journal. Who really wants to read that? I do find it interesting how in class we discussed how major news stories have broke by the use of blogging. It has changed the way things work.
ReplyDeleteChris, that word you're looking for is "escribitionists." :P
ReplyDeleteCasey, you really don't think Rolling Stone is relevant anymore? They have had some of the best coverage I've seen of current events like Goldman Sachs' role in the current financial crisis. BUT... the point you seem to be making is that many people would rather get their news online from blogs than from more traditional media.
(One of my favorite news blogs is huffingtonpost.com)
I honestly havent picked up a rolling stone or frequent their website at all. Pitchfork is the new Rolling Stone. I will say that if you flash rolling stone credentials at someone vs your blogger name guarantee rolling stone will get the coverage first.
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