Just minutes ago I took a look at the "Big Blog" from the Seattle PI web site and I am left wondering how anyone would consider this journalism at all?
Sure these blogs give you some news, but just giving news is not what makes journalism what it really is.
In J101 with Andrea Otanez you learn something called TIPPSC (pronounced tip-see) which is the basis on deciding what is news. Timeliness, Impact, Prominence, Proximity, Singularity and Conflict/Controversy (and no Andrea didn't need my book for that).
The point of referring to that is, that journalists use TIPPSC to figure out what is the most important news and they dig deeper and add depth to that news.
One story that just came to the "Big Blog" as I am writing this is a post called "Bring on the Chocolate Easter bunnies". Now sure this offers a tidbit of information like when the first chocolate Easter bunnies were brought to the U.S., but how this can be considered journalism is beyond me.
No offense to writer Monica Guzman who is just doing her job as a blogger.
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ReplyDeleteDon't print and broadcast journalism run those fluffy soft pieces too though? Especially with broadcast it seems like they run those fluffy pieces all the time.
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