When i first walked into this class, i have a define line in my head between a journalist and a blogers. A journalist to me was a certified reporter who carried around notebooks and tape recorders and was always on the lookout for hard hitting news. A blogers in my mind was some one in their dark basement who was constantly on the computer just writing about stories they see on the internet instead of going out and finding a story. interesting

      So I sound like a total hyproicit because here i am bloging. However my eyes have been opened up and that strict line i had between journalist and bloggers is starting fade more and more to me. Recently we talked about "Networked Journalism" 

Heres the concept of how we learned it in class-

Collaborative nature of journalism
     - Professionals, amateurs working together
     - Focus on process, not product
Public gets involved in story before it gets reported
     -  Contributes facts, questions, suggestions
       -Helps report the story
Journalists link to other work on same story
       -Source material, blog posts
Public continues contributions after publication
   [Definition by Jeff Jarvis, BuzzMachine]

   This is when i really was having a hard time trying to draw that define line between the two. I started researching blogs and seeing whats out there and comparing a blogers version of news and a real anchorman version of news . Here is  an example of a CNN blog and this is another random news blog i found on google. The difference between them? not a huge amount.

 Obvisouly as citizens we trust major new networks as a good source for news. However in todays day and age is it true? can anyone just be a journalist?  If i posted a story and a story here on campus and the school newspaper had the same story and same facts, what is the difference?  If you are reading the same thing with same facts, does it really make a difference between a paid journalists behind  desk, and a blogers out in a world? I used to think so but now i am not to sure. 

 There are still many things i have to take into consideration however it is a good thing to think about. What are your thoughts?

This is also a 10 min video for fun asking the same thing. This guy makes some good points and has an interesting view.