Lois stopped in here and made a good point about the blogging vs. journalism debate that has occasionally raged here:
For example, would you say that an article printed in a club newsletter is journalism? Does something qualify as a newspaper if there are only 5 copies printed? 50? 500? If no one buys it (or runs ads to support it) and it's someone's private podium, is it still a newspaper?
When is a one-woman publication "journalism"? If I write things and let others read them -- it could be a newsletter, it could be self-promotion or advertising, it could be vanity, it could be a serial book or a journal.
Whether in print or electronic; I think it is the content, the intent, and the public-ness which determine if something is "journalistic" or not.
An interesting perspective and one we could debate endlessly. We'd need to define the terms a bit more specifically, I expect. As for intent, I came across the "Journalism statement of shared purpose" at journalism.org which is the closest thing I can find to a definition of the profession.
Thanks for stopping, Lois!
Or maybe this should be titled "Dead Horse, Flogged, Again." Should I even go here, Google searchers?
Posted at May 06, 2003 07:13 PM