Comments on: A difference between blogging and journalism? http://www.jonbounds.co.uk/blog/57/a-difference-between-blogging-and-journalism/ Social web & social media, consultancy, training and advice from a flâneur of the internets. Blogger, writer, broadcaster and runner of Birmingham: It's Not Shit. I also do the odd bit of art. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:41:19 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: bounder http://www.jonbounds.co.uk/blog/57/a-difference-between-blogging-and-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-16 bounder Mon, 20 Aug 2007 07:30:35 +0000 http://www.jonbounds.co.uk/blog/57/a-difference-between-blogging-and-journalism/#comment-16 Yeah, you're right - it's quite well illustrated within the confines of one quick blog post. Blogs on newspaper sites particularly are used very much as 'comment pieces', no research necessary - then they wonder (or do they?) why most of the commenting is not well informed. Yeah, you’re right – it’s quite well illustrated within the confines of one quick blog post. Blogs on newspaper sites particularly are used very much as ‘comment pieces’, no research necessary – then they wonder (or do they?) why most of the commenting is not well informed.

]]> By: Pete Ashton http://www.jonbounds.co.uk/blog/57/a-difference-between-blogging-and-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Pete Ashton Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:29:28 +0000 http://www.jonbounds.co.uk/blog/57/a-difference-between-blogging-and-journalism/#comment-15 The best part of this is any serious attempts to block Firefox will be countered by a plugin to disguise the fact that the browser is Firefox to those sites that want to block it. You're right. Loons. But the loons are often in charge. In Scholfield's defence (and I never thought I'd type that) he's not reporting a story, just linking to a site on their blog. It's not really a "story", just something he's thrown out in a few minutes while surfing. Which is a key difference between blogging and journalism I think! The best part of this is any serious attempts to block Firefox will be countered by a plugin to disguise the fact that the browser is Firefox to those sites that want to block it.

You’re right. Loons. But the loons are often in charge.

In Scholfield’s defence (and I never thought I’d type that) he’s not reporting a story, just linking to a site on their blog. It’s not really a “story”, just something he’s thrown out in a few minutes while surfing. Which is a key difference between blogging and journalism I think!

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