MSM and blogs

An interesting blog post from a newspaper veteran about New Media techniques.  We are watching a huge transformation, folks.  The revolution won’t be televised, it will be blogged – and podcast. 
Conover on media: ‘Blogging:’ the newspaper story.

When mediums collide

OpinionJournal – Peggy Noonan.

Blogging changes how business is done in American journalism. The MSM isn’t over. It just can no longer pose as if it is The Guardian of Established Truth. The MSM is just another player now. A big one, but a player.

Uh oh!

Well, this should raise a few eyebrows. With the exposure comes the responsibility. Maybe the reckless bloggers will unplug. We’ll see.

Link: Wired News: No Protection for Bloggers.

Depending on whom you ask, bloggers are either “citizen journalists” who are democratizing media, or bloviating loudmouths posting ill-formed opinions on personal websites between trips to the fridge.

Bloggers from hell — or heaven-sent?

This is an outstanding column about the future of blogging and its place in New Journalism.  Reading it requires registration with the Chicago Tribune.  However, if you care about blogging and its future — especially as it relates to recent successful attacks by bloggers against traditional journalists — then I suggest you do it.  Finally, someone in mainstream media who gets it: Just shut up and respond!

The ebbing away of media credibility

Results of a recent poll suggest that those who labor in the Fourth Estate are trusted less than those in real estate.  That seems a logical conclusion based upon how today’s teens view censorship and the press.
If you’ve not been troubled by the media’s escalating problem with accusations of biased reporting (because you can’t stand reporters anyway, and they’re only getting what they deserve) then you might want to re-consider. 
Like a Chinese water torture, Big Media has for several years now suffered from the constant drip-drip-drip of public suspicion and ridicule that has been fueled by media scandal and questionable practices.  Sadly, one of America’s basic freedoms is slowly ebbing away.

Hey, Rush: Thanks For Nothing
MIKE HENDRICKS
Kansas City Star

The very week that democracy comes to Iraq, we get a new poll showing that many high school students in this country are clueless about our own most basic freedoms.

You’ve heard about this, right?  Of 100,000 high schoolers surveyed by the Knight Foundation, one-third say they support restrictions on the press.

U.S. journalists fare well on test of ethics, study finds

I have noted on many occasions how the news media is under fire these days. The public’s ever-increasing skepticism about biased reporting has many observers questioning the future of this once-proud profession. But wait, there’s more!
A new study offers some surprising findings about the public’s perceptions about reporters. The future may not be so bleak.