Does posting on this blog make someone a journalist? And if so, do they retain the right to keep their sources private? This is the main question that Jonathan Glater poses in his article entitled, "At Suit's Core: Are Bloggers Reporters, Too?" Jack Balkin, a professor of Law at Yale University who raises a great question: does function define privilege? If a person has the ability to contact a source, process information, organize it and write about a topic, does this mean they are a reporter. What is the difference between a blogger and a journalist? I think we must look at the evolution of reporting news to understand this new Do-It-Yourself journalism. From the printing press came newspapers and from transistors came radio and now we have television and the internet: two forms that combine audio and visual communications. The internet has opened a variety of options to the public including publishing thoughts, information, videos, etc. online. Due to this new technology I believe the credentials of a reporter matter less and factual information matters more. Cutting out the jargon, the cliches, and the corporate messages, matters more to a general public.
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