On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 00:08:43 +0100, Mike Hudack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Nov 8, 2005, at 6:04 PM, Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen wrote: > >> Truer for whom? > > Ever read a news article on a subject that you're intimately familiar > with? Maybe it was about a concert you were at, a political function > you organized, or a videoblogging community you're a member of? In daily newspapers? Yes. I've read both the kind that made me feel good (the concert review from the concert I attended the day before) and those that made me feel not-so-good (generally those involving technical matters). But the latter are not written for me, and that makes one hell of a difference. Among other things the job of the journalist at the daily newspaper is to simplify for the masses - if everyone understood the details of everything I would agree that we could just get rid of most journalists. However, none of us understand the details of about everything. I have also read articles on highly specialised topics in magazines that were very well done. That I learned from even though I'm intimately familiar with the topic. The real question here is: Why are blogs any different? For every one person who writes in-depth like the magazine journalist there are 200 who simplify like the journalist at the daily paper. I fail to see the problem. Other than the fact that the journalist usually went to school to learn how to simplify without misrepresentation. - Andreas -- <URL:http://www.solitude.dk/> Commentary on media, communication, culture and technology. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
