The Art of Blogging

Personally, I am not a fan of blogging. The reason I like journalism is because I can be objective and I do not have to insert my opinion in the story at all. I understand that journalism is changing and blogs have become a major source for many people to obtain their news, but call me old school because I do not like it. I will admit that I have warmed up to the idea a bit more through the blogs I have written for this class, but I still find it extremely difficult to put my opinion in a story that is open to the public. I think this is because I am a somewhat private person and I prefer that my personal opinions and experiences are not available to everyone and anyone on the Internet. I also think blogs have created a new level of journalism because anyone can write a blog and put it on the Internet for anyone to read. The level of credibility of the author has decreased because anyone can write a news story and claim it is the real deal. What I do like about blogging though, is that the author can include not only pictures with their story, but also videos and links to websites that are associated with their story. I think it will be very interesting to see what the future has in store for blogs, and I mean if they grow and become more popular or die out.