Comments on: What is the Value of Newspaper Blogs? http://www.bivingsreport.com/2006/what-is-the-value-of-newspaper-blogs/ The Bivings Report (TBR) is a source of news, insight, research and analysis on the web-based communications industry. TBR content is posted, created and managed by internet strategists, media/communications analysts, web developers, designers and programmers, all of whom are employees of The Bivings Group. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:12:40 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dan Greenfield http://www.bivingsreport.com/2006/what-is-the-value-of-newspaper-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-17499 Dan Greenfield Wed, 29 Nov 2006 04:50:03 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2006/what-is-the-value-of-newspaper-blogs/#comment-17499 I am intrigued by newspaper blogs. They certainly are an opportunity to engage readers -- particularly those under the age of 30 -- who are abandoning traditional newspapers for online sources and news parodies on Comedy Central. On the other hand, I am concerned with the latitude that reporters have when blogging. Blogging is about opinions and feelings, not hard facts. Are reporters under the same professional standards when blogging? Saying that something is "unofficial" doesn't negate its impact when it appears on a credible news site. What recourse do PR folks have when they don't like the opinion of an influential reporter who happens to blog? In short, when it comes to blogging are we entering a journalistic/PR no man's land? I am intrigued by newspaper blogs. They certainly are an opportunity to engage readers — particularly those under the age of 30 — who are abandoning traditional newspapers for online sources and news parodies on Comedy Central.

On the other hand, I am concerned with the latitude that reporters have when blogging. Blogging is about opinions and feelings, not hard facts. Are reporters under the same professional standards when blogging? Saying that something is “unofficial” doesn’t negate its impact when it appears on a credible news site. What recourse do PR folks have when they don’t like the opinion of an influential reporter who happens to blog?

In short, when it comes to blogging are we entering a journalistic/PR no man’s land?

]]> By: Strive Notes » November 24th: this week’s top 5 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2006/what-is-the-value-of-newspaper-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-16071 Strive Notes » November 24th: this week’s top 5 Fri, 24 Nov 2006 09:02:09 +0000 http://www.bivingsreport.com/2006/what-is-the-value-of-newspaper-blogs/#comment-16071 [...] 4. Todd Zeigler at The Bivings Report has a good analysis of the value of newspaper blogs and gives them some sound advice. [...] [...] 4. Todd Zeigler at The Bivings Report has a good analysis of the value of newspaper blogs and gives them some sound advice. [...]

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