Observations on Blogging

I've decided it is completely appropriate for me to share what I have observed about blogging - since we have discussed this medium of communication at length in the classroom. I sat, amazed, as I learned the amount of money that can be made simply by writing and posting blogs! What a great idea. Write whatever is on your mind. Develop your own voice - and advertise yourself! Sounds like a fantastic - and fantastically simple business model. Just one dilemma ... what could I possibly write about that would be of interest to the thousands of followers I would need to actually see the payoff? This brings me to my original thought on blogging. I'm a big fan of demotivators.com. It's just the pessimistic sarcasm that I, an extreme optimist, find hilarious! Check out this poster about blogging...Well. That about sums up my opinion on the matter. Maybe some day I will have something super important to write about ... and I will become a blogging millionaire. For now, however, I will continue to blog on my private account about more observations on blogging and other forms of communication.

What is Journalism ... and who is a journalist?

Journalism is the spread of information to the public. But not just any information. To be considered journalism, the information should be interesting, timely, new to the public, or dealing with public figures or public issues. Journalism has more traditionally been shared with the public through newspapers and television broadcasts. However, today's journalism can also be found on blogs, internet sites, and other means of communication. The definition of a journalist is also changing. It used to be that a journalist was a trained professional in either print or broadcast style. Since the means of communicating are changing so rapidly, a journalist today could be any citizen who texts pictures or information to an arena of public discussion. It's important to note that although anyone can be a journalist, the quality of journalism is not the same as one who has been trained in the profession.