Basic Journalism

Introduction

Journalism are stories that are written to tell the general public about the happenings thats around them which some people might not have already know("Scienceblogs,"2010).For decades, Journalism has been done using the three traditional methods of communication; that is the radio, print and television("Scienceblogs,"2010).These methods of production is expensive, mostly owned by wealthy individuals and big corporate companies, and has been heavily subsidized by advertisings("Scienceblogs,"2010).The similarity that these three traditional methods have are that they all broadcast media("Scienceblogs,"2010).In today's world, there are many different type of means of media productions which is cheap and better("Scienceblogs,"2010).This new method of communication are catagorized by the ability for two way communication. Journalist as we know are people who write journalism("Scienceblogs,"2010).They are people who work in a Newspaper companies,Magazine companies,online websites,Television Stations and Radio Stations("Scienceblogs,"2010).

A blog as we know is a series of updated posts on a web page which is done in the form of a diary or journal("Scienceblogs,"2010).It often includes commentary and hypertext links to other web sites("Scienceblogs,"2010). All posts are done in chronological order and it can contain anything from a very simple text, different music,special images and even streaming video("Scienceblogs,"2010). All blogs are mostly highly personalised with an online stream of consciousness("Scienceblogs,"2010).There is nothing particularly unusual about that when you consider the rise of the personal home page("Scienceblogs,"2010). But what is most interesting is that many people are interested in what most bloggers have to say("Scienceblogs,"2010).Well one of the attraction of blogging is that it is original and has a dynamic quality in it("Scienceblogs,"2010). Without a proper agenda, the editorial stance or sub-editor standing between the writer and reader is that blogging can provide reports in a raw and exciting form("Scienceblogs,"2010).This New Media of Journalism has some advantages, and some distinct disadvantages("Articlebase,"2010).

Advantages of Blogging

Blogging is said to be the greatest source of sharing things on the Internet ("BlogTechnika,"2009).It is seen that blogging is slowly taking the place of online media and in fact it is now an example of the online media("BlogTechnika,"2009).As we know many news companies are buy news from blogging companies from time to time("BlogTechnika,"2009). There are many advantages of Blogging("BlogTechnika,"2009).As we know, Blogging is Journalism("BlogTechnika,"2009). During the old days, writers write their article and wait for the publishers in queue to publish their article("BlogTechnika,"2009).Now days writer become their own publisher because they no longer have to wait in a queue for their articles to be published("BlogTechnika,"2009).With modern technology, they can publish any article they want online thru the blog media("BlogTechnika,"2009).

As we know,blogging is used as a platform for journalism("OnlineJournalismBlog,"2007).And blogs as we know are types of website built using certain content of management software to different templates where different entries are dated and arranged from the most recent entry("OnlineJournalismBlog,"2007).With their extraordinary range and number, the technology and history of blogs has borrowed the media medium some generic qualities("OnlineJournalismBlog,"2007).And these qualities would include the most recent post top structure, a list of related sites, an often personal or subjective writing style, and the tendency to link to any other source mentioned which lets the user to click to find out more on that particular topic("OnlineJournalismBlog,"2007).

Since blogging has become popular, the blogging of news stories as they are told in real-time is one of the most exciting and yet controversial applications in the blogging world today("Articlebase,"2010). One of the best things that is done when blogging News Journalism is that the things that makes the blogs atmosphere so active is the fact that it is makes it possible to update a blog instantaneously, so the news on blogs tends to be more current than the news in the newspaper and television ("Articlebase,"2010).And unlike traditional news media, the news that appears on blogs doesn't necessary have to travel through different levels of editors and administrators before it's delivered and presented to the general public("Articlebase,"2010).

Being one of the most exciting news hitting a blog before appearing in traditional media is the bombing that took place in July 2005 when terrorism struck London City("Articlebase,"2010).As passengers were being evacuated from a subway that was near the explosion, one of the passengers had taken several shots of photographs of the scene with his mobile phone and within hours of the explosion occured, these images were posted online("Articlebase,"2010). As soon as the pictures appeared online, within seconds people from all over the world had already learned about the accident that happened in London by reading the words and seeing the photos posted by bloggers("Articlebase,"2010).

The facts that these stories and images that were shared directly by these individuals that operates without adding the filter of a reporter have made the accident feel immediate and very personal to the people from across the globe("Articlebase,"2010).Many individuals sharing information from across the globe are open with unfiltered communication channel and this is known as social networking("Articlebase,"2010).It is a way of life in the News Reporters blogs athmosphere("Articlebase,"2010).So when it comes to blogging news stories, all individuals that make report in a very personal, and making the information so much appealing to the audience("Articlebase,"2010). This is seen to have an exciting potential to the beginning of an new and exciting era of News reporting("Articlebase,"2010).It is one of an exciting way to take the New media of Journalism to the next level by putting more power to shape how the news is written and read directly whenit falls into the the hands of the public("Articlebase,"2010).

In the opinion of many bloggers and cultural commentators,they feel that this is a growing trend of different individuals sharing and receiving their news from different blogs("Articlebase,"2010).It is seen as a good thing as it facilitates a rather more democratic flow of many informations("Articlebase,"2010).When neutralizing the control of information that it is posted on the blog,it allows more voices and opinions to be heard of important current issues("Articlebase,"2010).However, there are many that would disagree as those that oppose to the New media of Journalism would argue that unlike other traditional media, the blog does not provide a fact check and therefore that it is not accountable for to be measured in the first place("Articlebase,"2010). This can be resulted in a very fast and can massively spread wrong information. In fact, more of such can cause a storm in the blogging world("Articlebase,"2010).

Disadvantages of blogging

Blogging is seen as the fairly new phenomenon, with their recent adaptation into journalism is even more recent("Blogs-news-Disadvantages,"2005). Since the technology has now only recently has found popularity, all its application into journalism is bound to be facing with problems("Blogs-news-Disadvantages,"2005).The worst problem is whether or not blogs should remain being unedited, like the information is not as credible as anyone thinks, even if that means that losing its spontanious responds from its audiance("Blogs-news-Disadvantages,"2005).Another disadvantage is that, it is the content of the blog may offend some people("Blogs-news-Disadvantages,"2005). Furthermore, there's also the possibility of the reports may become too personal, and over analysed and feature meaningless observations("Blogs-news-Disadvantages,"2005).Blogs are known for its spontaneous character and because of that the content of news reports in the blogs may offend other readers("Blogs-news-Disadvantages,"2005). This is seen as one of the biggest problems that the journalism industry faces when using blogs as a method of reporting news happenings("Blogs-news-Disadvantages,"2005).

Another problem with blogging is that the issues that it faces in journalism, which the fact that it is due to the fact that it is associated with updating, and the lack of the restrictions which is associated the content of the reports can suffer("Blogs-news-Disadvantages,"2005). Blogs can sometimes become too personal and the report have more effect on the events by the author, rather than the actual events("Blogs-news-Disadvantages,"2005). These blogs do offer a little journalist integrity to the reader and does not offer a very effective report of the news("Blogs-news-Disadvantages,"2005).Blog reporters can sometimes offer many comments that doesnt make sense("Blogs-news-Disadvantages,"2005).If journalist were to fill their blogs with similar and same comments, then it would be difficult to find an accurate and useful report through blogs, as the readers would have to sift through comments that have no meaning and over personalised reports("Blogs-news-Disadvantages,"2005).

Since the issue of blog should be edited or not is seen as a major problem with blogs in journalism, there are also other problems with this new media("Blogs-news-Disadvantages,"2005). The responds on the content that appears on the blogs may offend some readers("Blogs-news-Disadvantages,"2005). And Furthermore, the comments from journalists could turn the bloggers into something too personal, and can have no meaning to the readers, which can make finding accurate news report very difficult. Other obvious problems are that blogs also have a few advantages it have over other news resources("Blogs-news-Disadvantages,"2005).

Conclusion

In conclusion, whether the blogging news stories like as they happened and whether it is ethical or not.But sometimes it can become very complicated, but no matter on the which side you stand on relative to blogging news stories, you are almost sure to agree that the New media of Journalism is revolutionizing how modern people get their news. There are laws that protect online bloggers as well. These laws are important to keep the public protected from unwanted news.