THE BLOGGING REVOLUTION

This article talks about blogging and the great effect it is having on the world at large today. The writer, Andrew Sullivan, talks about the fact that blogging has changed and it can ultimately lead to journalism becoming extinct. He went on to say that blogs are personal, where bloggers present information based on their thoughts and opinions and people are starting to discredit the writings of large news post.
Andrew, also made mention that with blogging one is free to write whatever one wish or desire without having to please anyone including editors and publishers. In fact, the writer made the point that editors and publishers are gradually fading away. With blogs, bloggers can have the freedom of expressing themselves and being independent. They can also sit in the comfort of their home and publish a book without the hassle of going to a newspaper, magazine or other agencies to have their books published or to have their voices heard.
The writer ends by saying that blogging could be the new form of journalism.

Blogs: All the noise that fits
Michael Skube in his article talks about blogging and it being unable to replace journalism. Michael Skube went on to say that while bloggers can be informative and straightforward they can never replace the very well-detailed and well-organize works of journalist.
Michael Skube started off by saying that bloggers are everywhere and they are seeing as very inappropriate and unflattering by many. He mentioned that bloggers hate to be described as journalist but consider themselves as “citizen journalist” which means that they do not write for the purpose of media attention or popularity but on the behalf of the people.
The author went on to say that bloggers have gained high respect in the political arena, won different awards and have been awarded press credentials, but even with all these high recognition and awards, to Michael, bloggers are still not journalist. He states that bloggers only give precise and quick information and although they express a lot of certainty and freedom in their writings, bloggers still doesn’t fit the criteria of a great journalist.
For Michael a journalist is one who provides substantial, profound and well-detailed information that stick in the minds of people and is always remembered.

Both articles agree that blogging has become very popular in today’s society.
In contrasting both articles, Andrew believes that blogging is changing the media world and could replace journalism while Michael believes that blogging is not journalism and can never replace it.
Article one mentions that blog today has transformed into a more well established and informative place where one can be engaged in and be informed of the different things which are occurring in the world. In this article the author mentioned and I quote “These days, there are tech blogs and sex blogs and drug blogs and onanistic teenage blogs. But there are also news blogs and commentary blogs, sites packed with links and quips and ideas and arguments that only months ago were the near-monopoly of established news outlets.”
Article one also mentions that blogs are personal with the writer providing his own views. This allows for readers to know and become aware of whom the writer is as a person which in turn allows for a reader to be in tune with what the writer has to say. People on the other hand have started to become very skeptical about those real journalists who write for big newspapers and other media outlets. Journalist tend to have to write stories so as to please an editor ,publisher or even people, but a blogger on the other hand as the freedom to write anything and is not afraid to express ones feeling.
Bloggers tend to create huge fan base and this can ultimately lead them to start their own business. If people enjoy the blogs, bloggers can decide to publish a book and thus making profit and at the same time providing people with what they want.
People today tends to gravitate to simplicity and things that are straight forward and also entertaining, and this is what the blogs provide while journalist tends to put “sugar coatings” on certain things as a means of pleasing and satisfying others.

“And yet none of this makes them a journalist” are the actual words of Michael Skube, the author of the second article. Michel Skube believes that
being a journalist
is not something one does as a hobby. He believes it is more than just a story but the depth and well-detailed characteristics it possess.
Michael sees bloggers as very precise and providing quick information. For him this is not what journalism is about. He said that being a journalist one has to be very persistent.When writing a story one has to ensure that they undergo a series of research and verification so as to get all of the facts. He also believes writing a great story requires a lot of time, deep thinking and consideration. Michael says that the best writers are those who writes well written, well sorted out and accurate piece and they know how to add life to their writings.This Mcheal believes is not the charateristics of a bloger.He ends by saying and I quote “But what lodges in the memory of people, and sometimes knifes us in the heart , is the fidelity with which a writer observes and tells” end of quote.He says this to say that people tends to remember the fluency and accuracy of a writing rather than the quick on the surface writings and that is what a real journalist do and what bloggers lack in their writings.

In conclusion I am more compelled to go with Andrew Sullivan, the author of the first article. I believe that blogs today offer people something more entertaining as well as providing us with the facts. News paper articles on the other hand can be very boring and dull and at the same as Sullivan says and I quote “…that behind the curtain are fallible writers and editors who are no more inherently trustworthy than a lone blogger who has earned a reader’s respect”. This is to say that news paper articles are no more honest than a blogger because behind the curtains are real people that can also twist the stories and put it how they want it to go and what they write can also be based on their own opinions and thoughts rather than facts.