tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post6804098413754475368..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: Another View of the Blogger SummitRandy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-44542326135706365282008-07-03T13:00:00.000-07:002008-07-03T13:00:00.000-07:00Go many questions. So little time. Are genealogy b...Go many questions. So little time. <BR/><BR/>Are genealogy bloggers journalists?<BR/><BR/>Bloggers are more like newspaper columnists than journalists. They tend to introduce opinion "it was a good meeting" where a journalist is supposed to refrain from interpretation and present facts or a description of events -- see the definition of journalism in the Britannica Concise Encyclopedia available via Google.<BR/><BR/>That does not mean that bloggers can't be influential. I've been told my blog is copied in the clipping service for Library and Archives Canada. From the log I know it's also looked at by people at TGN. I've been told that as bloggers tend to cover news that would never attract coverage in the mainstream media there is a trend to organizations giving bloggers access similar to that afforded journalists.JDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06471656063812824731noreply@blogger.com