Comments on: Beat blogging allows reporters to concentrate on core reporting

By: Trying Beat Blogging « BUKIDNON OUR HOME

Trying Beat Blogging « BUKIDNON OUR HOME — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:23:40 +0000

[...] Others think blogging will make a reporter less of a journalist. But with the right skills, intention, and understanding, beat blogging could help improve the skills and span of work of reporters. How? Try reading this. [...]

By: greg harman

greg harman — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:43:35 +0000

i can’t believe any reasonable editor would want “quotes from random people.” impacted parties, perhaps.

i know there are crappy editors out there, but it is hard to fathom that anyone on a dedicated beat would have such a hard time (80 percent of his time?) collecting those voices. or that an editor would want random voices over scoops in the public’s interest.

the conflict sounds more related to the failure of contemporary newsooms to prize traditional investigative reporting than to any inherent strength brought in by blogging.

i blog about bureaucracies, too. but i write (and prefer to read) about people.

By: greenmullet

greenmullet — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:45:33 +0000

i second that emotion.
i don’t read the paper to see what tom dick and harry think. i read it to see what the ‘powers that be’ are up to. that’s the job of journalism. to be the watchdog. if regular joes and janes want to chime in, that’s what letters to the editor are for. or, even better, blogs. more editors need to read about this “blogging thing.”
- Green Mullet.