http://www.blognetworkwatch.com/blog-network-watch-news/journalists-hate-blogs/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:47:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.blognetworkwatch.com/blog-network-watch-news/journalists-hate-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-737 My Wordpress Webblog Thu, 24 May 2007 22:37:25 +0000 http://blognetworkwatch.com/blog-network-watch-news/journalists-hate-blogs/#comment-737 [...] Even still, the suggestion that bloggers are more connected than journalists is intriguing. We’ve all heard the ongoing blogger vs. journalist debate (Bloggers sacrifice accuracy for timeliness! Wait, no, bloggers are more accurate! They don’t cite sources! No, they link more!), and it’s pretty clear that some journalists aren’t fans of the increasing popularity of bloggers. However, in February Digital Journal pointed to an ifocos study that surveyed Americans and found that 55% of Americans "said bloggers are important to the future of American journalism." The survey also found that Most respondents (53%) also said the rise of free Internet-based media pose the greatest opportunity to the future of professional journalism and three in four (76%) said the Internet has had a positive impact on the overall quality of journalism. [...] [...] Even still, the suggestion that bloggers are more connected than journalists is intriguing. We’ve all heard the ongoing blogger vs. journalist debate (Bloggers sacrifice accuracy for timeliness! Wait, no, bloggers are more accurate! They don’t cite sources! No, they link more!), and it’s pretty clear that some journalists aren’t fans of the increasing popularity of bloggers. However, in February Digital Journal pointed to an ifocos study that surveyed Americans and found that 55% of Americans "said bloggers are important to the future of American journalism." The survey also found that Most respondents (53%) also said the rise of free Internet-based media pose the greatest opportunity to the future of professional journalism and three in four (76%) said the Internet has had a positive impact on the overall quality of journalism. [...]

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