Readings on blogging and journallism

Here’s a great set of story links on this persistent but somewhat futile debate, put together by Eric Eggerston over at mutually inclusive:

A Sampling of Postings on this Topic

Peter West: Journalism vs. Blogging
Neville Hobson: Blogs & Journalism Panel Discussion at NewComm Forum
Shel Holtz: The Wrong Queston
Dan Gillmor: More on Who's a Journalist; Defending Journalism, Deciding Who's a Journalist; Note to Business Week: Bloggers Aren't Immune to Libel Law
Jeremy Wright: Bloggers Aren't Ethical
Jack Shafer: Bloggers Freer than Reporters?
John Hiler:  Are Bloggers Journalists?
Apophenia: Are Bloggers Journalists? Wrong Question
Gary Goldhammer:  What Is Journalism? Don't Ask the National Press Club

I think Eric is on the money when he says:
Maybe we need a new term for the kind of blogger these commentators seem to be talking about. Until then, lumping all bloggers together and making sweeping statements is as useful as trying to categorize all people who use cell phones or felt pens as a certain personality type.

Comments

[Eric Eggertson]

Thanks for the mention, Trevor.

Jozef Imrich added this link to my list:
http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2005/01/15/berk_pprd.html

It's Jay Rosen's list of links on this issue.

[genevieve]

Great links, thank you both.