I got asked this same question on three different occasions this week. Isn’t blogging already a form of journalism? I said, it could be but not all the time and not for all bloggers.
I know we’ve talked about this topic before. What’s your take on this? As a blogger, do you consider yourself as a journalist? (If so, at what point did you feel you’re doing journalism already?)
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I didn’t actually tried to blog like a journalist because I don’t follow the code of journalist but my own code in blogging.
what’s my code? well, it’s idiocy
Nah, too much pressure. Look what happened to Ryan Block.
Here’s my take on this topic:
I still have this view about journalism being tied up with news and media so:
If you are a news blogger, it’s considered journalism. You follow the same format as the traditional news reporters do. You report the same subject. You even add value by sprinkling you’re news blog articles with your own point of view. This is what I do with Search Engine Journal and Tech Blorge.
If you are a gadget/finance/music/showbiz blogger, writing/reviewing gadgets and stuff I don’t think that what you are doing can be considered part of the journalism sphere.
So to answer the question, I’m both, I write for a gadget/tech blog and news blog as well.
thus the term… Blogism.
I am a blogger. and that is enough for me.
well, journalism in the simplest sense pertains to keeping a journal of sorts. blogging does the same therefore i believe that all bloggers are journalists to a certain extent. do most bloggers follow the rules of journalism and adhere to the same ethical standards, i have no idea.
i’m just a blogger, nothing more, nothing less
and i’m happy with that.
For me, bloggers can be considered as journalist because they write.. uhh.. type..
Depends on what you blog.
But then again the most common definition of a blog is describes an opinionated view of things right?
quoting the mistress of ceremonies during the last Jaime Ongpin Awards: ” Journalism is an edited process.”