I agree with the articles that side more with bloggers not being able to replace the work of professional journalism. Blogs are based from people’s personal opinions that link back to an actual newspaper paper or article. For example, this blog post is an entire opinion about bloggers vs journalists from readings in articles. Blogs are very opinionated because most of the time, the come from the mind of one person with their own issues and subjective thoughts. Journalists give the average person enough story that is less subjective and more about the facts and the objective information. In the article “Why Bloggers Can’t Replace the Work of Professional Journalists”, it states that, “ Now, some bloggers are experts on their chosen topics as well. But much more are amateur observers who follow developments from afar. Can they write with the same kind of knowledge and expertise as a reporter whose job it is to cover that topic? Probably not.” The reason I agree with this is because currently, there are a lot of new bloggers everyday that surface, without a history of doing anything, just their thoughts that are mostly relatable to them. Reporters, especially in big companies are trained to put out content work. They can write with perfection because they know the subjects more than anyone else. The best blogs come from the professionals themselves. Something to think about is how much things are going to change. I feel like we are going to live in a where there will be so much blogs and less articles and people would have to starting following the professional reporters themselves. At this rate newspapers are being used less and less and people are relying on the internet, but the internet can have a bunch of fake news so it’s extra important to know who’s authentic. “ Meanwhile, newer or lesser-known bloggers aren’t getting the kind of links and attention they used to, which means that “good stuff” is no longer “bubbling to the top.” Her post prompted a couple of the medium’s most legendary, best-established hands to react…” although I’ve said reporters outweighs bloggers , social media blogs can be helpful to see if you can relate to others opinions in a area around you, and spark ideas that you probably didn’t think of.
Feb 07