Bloggy Blogs vs. News Blogs
In class, we have discussed the top political blogs and their role in the 2008 election. Recently, I was thinking about the model of a blog and what it’s role will be with in the next five to ten years. Right now there appears to be a great divided in the progressive technological world of journalism.
It is though when blogging first emerged a style was formed and developed for citizen esque journalism. One person could be a reporter, a publisher, an oped columnist and a web developer. Once major news media outlets started catching on to the web based reporting phenomenon they started having their own reporters feed the beast of the blogging world.
So, where is the divide? It is between the journalist turned blogger, and the blogger turned journalist. There is a clear difference in technique, standards and etiquette.
Top Blogs Top News Blogs
1. Buzz Machine 1. Political Punch
3. Huffington Post 3. The Swamp
If you read these blogs on a regular basis you tend to notice some key differences in style. The news blogs tend to be story or even driven, and the strictly politically based blogs tend to use events to drive a political message.
This appears to be the core difference between the two types of blogging. A lot of the blogs we have been asked to read in class have the new short format. If you look at Daily Kos’s most recent blog it is all about previewing Monday and pushing for Obama supporters to donate. This is a platform for rallying supporters.
News blogs would never venture in these territories, although they all have ventured off course. A perfect example of this is the Mother Theresa blog post done by the New York Times which we discussed in class.
The big big question is where will the two meet? Or will they? Could they end up in two separate categories? Will big media companies eat small $15 a year run blogs? Or vice versa?
Only time will tell. (That’s what she said)
