Why Blogging is good for Journalism

To blog, blogging, blog about. These are all relatively new vocabulary words for the world to learn, and learn them they must. Blogging is becoming increasingly popular and some say beneficial in the journalism world.

Blogs are everywhere from online news sites( like The Huffington Post) giving busy individuals a chance to get an overview of the days news in one place, to a personal blog Jane Smith created solely dedicated to Robert Pattinson’s every move. No matter how you look at it, the blogging world is taking over. But , Is this a good thing?

I think in many ways it is. Blogs speak to the new technologically powered generation, giving variety to the reader, and a voice to the writer. ANYONE CAN MAKE A BLOG, and anyone can read them. That’s the beauty of it. There are even websites now that allow you to combine all your blogs into one easy to access “database”. Of that doesn’t scream easy and accessible I don’t know what does.

Whether you are in West Virginia or China, everyone can access the same blogs. You don’t have to be part of a Nation Wide corporation or News Program to get your voice heard. And the same goes with many new social networking sites. Facebook, and Twitter have also opened up the World Wide Web to a new level. Communication is key in the world today, and it is one skill the world seems to be grasping onto in a big way. Now the only thing left for people to decide is what they want to write about. However, whether or not your voice is worth hearing might be another issue.

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