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July 12, 2005
If Blogging Isn't Journalism, It Will Be
Those engaged in the debate about the relationship between blogging and journalism ought to be aware of how journalism came to be. Guttenberg's invention didn't bring it about. In fact, journalism as we now think of it didn't emerge until less than 200 years ago. By "as we think of it," I refer mostly to the division of labor within newspapers, which created the reporting profession and brought about the constant, usually creative tension between reporters and editors.
After a few bloggers face libel suits, many more will become properly cautious, and many others will become too shy to keep blogging. And it won’t be many more years before “properly cautious” means having one’s writing vetted by a cooler head. When that day comes, blogging will no longer be viewed as a great threat to journalism. Rather, having grown up, it will be journalism.
Posted by Don at July 12, 2005 07:16 AM
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