On 2/16/04 5:01 PM, "Alexandru Leonties" <aleonties@yahoo.com> wrote:
Does anybody know a good place on the web that integrates/aggregates weblogs of journalists? I am interested for a research on the credibility of such (journalism) weblogs.
Journalism and blogging has been a hot topic among those of us who are professional journalists. If there has been a thread that comes up time and again when journalists get together to talk about blogging, it's been issues about self-censorship and free speech. Some media organizations are happy to let their journalists blog away; some prefer blogs written by the journalists they employ to follow certain guidelines; and others forbid any blogging by staff employees. I'm speaking here, incidentally, of those who are employed largely by traditional media organizations (newspapers, magazines, television news, radio news, etc.) and not of those who identify themselves as journalists because they blog. So far as I can tell, this debate has been most active in American media circles. Here in Canada, the debate is just getting underway among journalists where there is little, if any, understanding among most mainstream journalists about blogs, their purpose, and their value. I and some colleagues hope to do something to increase understanding among Canadian journalists about blogging at the annual conference of the Canadian Association of Journalists (http://www.caj.ca), to be held in May. I'm preparing some materials for a workshop and a panel on blogging for that conference. Looping back to Alexandru's original post, perhaps I'll run across some aggregators as I'm organizing those materials. If I do, I'll be happy to post those to the list. In the meantime, for those who are interested, here's the blurb conference organizers are distributing for these panels. I'm keenly soliciting any and all thoughts/research, etc. on these subjects as I prepare for these events. The Blog Revolution: How Blogs are Changing and Challenging Journalism Everyone's doing it, including media professionals. Web logs, or blogs, give anyone a platform and a potentially limitless audience. Lately, bloggers have broken news stories, kept other stories alive, created their own celebrities, and-oh yeah--helped overthrow the editor of the New York Times. Previously unknown bloggers have been offered plum jobs in conventional newsrooms, and conventional newsrooms have started blogging. Some prominent journalists have even found themselves paired with "watchblogs" that analyze and critique every story they create. What are the tensions between blogging and traditional journalism? And what can journalists learn from blogs and bloggers? Is this a new form of media democracy? This panel of tech-savvy journalists, bloggers, and media observers will explore the way blogs are changing and challenging journalism-and where it's all going. Workshop: Blogging 101 They've played key roles in the combative US presidential campaign. Academics say they'll revolutionize mainstream journalism. But what do blogs have to do with the daily lives of journalists in Canada? What do journalists need to know about this new source of views and information? David Akin, who is National Business and Technology Correspondent for CTV News, a contributing writer for The Globe and Mail, and a blogger himself, leads a workshop for journalists who may one day want to start their own blog and for all those who wish to learn how blogs fit into daily newsgathering. Blogs-- short for Web logs -- are a new kind of online publication that are quickly becoming as important to journalists as e-mail and the World Wide Web. Akin will run through some of the popular blog publishing tools; take participants on a brief tour of the blogosphere; and lead a discussion of the relationship of blogs to mainstream working journalists. Designed for those with little or no knowledge of blogs or blogging, this workshop will focus primarily on giving working journalists real-world skills they can put to use right away in their newsroom. -- David Akin --------------------------------------------------------- CTV News The Globe and Mail National Business Contributing Writer and Technology Correspondent --------------------------------------------------------- Office: 416.313.2503 dakin@ctv.ca Mobile: 416.528.3819 dakin@globeandmail.ca --------------------------------------------------------- 444 Front St. W. http://www.ctv.ca Toronto, Ontario, CANADA http://www.globeandmail.com M5V 2S9 --------------------------------------------------------- IM and FAX at http://www.davidakin.com Blog: http://davidakin.blogware.com