Comments on: My take on blogger vs. journalist http://joecascio.net/joecblog/2009/03/01/my-take-on-blogger-vs-journalist/ Everyone is entitled to my opinion Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:49:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Ray Andrews http://joecascio.net/joecblog/2009/03/01/my-take-on-blogger-vs-journalist/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Ray Andrews Sat, 30 May 2009 12:53:33 +0000 http://joecascio.net/joecblog/?p=196#comment-161 I see it a little differently: Bloggers ARE journalists, but with a different audience and goal. The blogger says "Here's what I think", and relies on the intelligence of the viewer to bring him/her to an article out of intellectual curiosity. The journalist on the other hand screams as loudly as possible "My views are the way it is". Journalists would rather paste their article onto the eyeballs of any passerby, those that don't run away in pain can be counted as the journalist viewers (aka demographic, audience, market, target, etc). The journalist first sees the market (viewers for whom they have sufficient paste), and then craft their views for publication. The blogger first sees their views, the fact that viewers read and/or agree with them is just a happy coincidence. Journalists will never quite understand why a certain percentage of people don't listen to them, and bloggers will probably forever wonder why journalists think it's an issue. I see it a little differently: Bloggers ARE journalists, but with a different audience and goal. The blogger says “Here’s what I think”, and relies on the intelligence of the viewer to bring him/her to an article out of intellectual curiosity. The journalist on the other hand screams as loudly as possible “My views are the way it is”. Journalists would rather paste their article onto the eyeballs of any passerby, those that don’t run away in pain can be counted as the journalist viewers (aka demographic, audience, market, target, etc).

The journalist first sees the market (viewers for whom they have sufficient paste), and then craft their views for publication. The blogger first sees their views, the fact that viewers read and/or agree with them is just a happy coincidence.

Journalists will never quite understand why a certain percentage of people don’t listen to them, and bloggers will probably forever wonder why journalists think it’s an issue.

]]> By: Andromeda http://joecascio.net/joecblog/2009/03/01/my-take-on-blogger-vs-journalist/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Andromeda Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:05:45 +0000 http://joecascio.net/joecblog/?p=196#comment-144 A friend referred this site to me as I am doing a little research project on fact checking and how it has evolved on the Internet. Great points here and I might use them (with credit of course) in my research. If you would be interested in helping me by answering some prepared questions I have please email me :) A friend referred this site to me as I am doing a little research project on fact checking and how it has evolved on the Internet. Great points here and I might use them (with credit of course) in my research. If you would be interested in helping me by answering some prepared questions I have please email me :)

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