worldlyman Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Even the Comical can take a bow for this one:http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/blueplat...ue1/best_nwsps/"Fifteen undergraduates in journalism, two grad students, and one professor set out to determine--by our lights-- the top blogging newspapers in the U.S. among major dailies. We found six standouts, two honorable mentions and some wacky blogs. Number One in our eyes: the Houston Chronicle. By a mile." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 (edited) Funny.I have sent a couple of letters to Dwight Silverman and the Editorial board on how they need to drop the blog format.They even list Blogs above Editorials.That's a pretty weak statement for a "major" newspaper. Edited March 8, 2006 by MidtownCoog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westender Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Funny.I have sent a couple of letters to Dwight Silverman and the Editorial board on how they need to drop the blog format.They even list Blogs above Editorials.That's a pretty weak statement for a "major" newspaper.Aren't editorials essentially just one time blogs? I applacud the Chronicle for giving attention to this format. Print Media is becomin an old dinosour going the way of the music industry. It's adapt or die in the internet age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Print MediaPrint Media and real online journalism is one thing.Blogging off is quite another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwrm4 Posted March 19, 2006 Share Posted March 19, 2006 Print Media and real online journalism is one thing.Blogging off is quite another.Totally agree. When I read the chron.com blogs, I feel as if the "journalists" have been given, and are exercising, a license to shuck the formal rules of creating news copy...i.e the hell with grammar, style, supporting facts/documentation, and basically the "checks and balances" system of having an editor proof and approve a story.In a former life, I was a photojournalist for AP, and, while all newspaper types will tend to slant a story one way or the other, I always felt that there was an acute awareness of the need to ensure that the "facts" behind a story weren't misrepresented. With these newspaper blogs, I'm not sure that that is the case.I must also say as well that, upon reading the Chron blogs, some of the journalists have revealed through their "prose" that perhaps they aren't really as smart as their edited copy makes them appear.But perhaps, in our Internet age, news blogs that are heavy on gossip - and not the news - are necessary to keep Jane and John Q. Public entertained. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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