May 1, 2003
J-blogging blues…
Should journalists write independent blogs? CyberJournalsit.net offers two views this morning from J.D. Lasica and University of Illinois journalism professor Eric Meyer.
I think a reporter writing an independent blog presents certain problems for his/her employer, although I’m not prepared to say blogs should be forbidden. In any case, I think it’s a good idea for news organizations to offer their reporters “official” blogs. Why fight the tide?
Posted by acline | May 1, 2003 | Posted in: Main |
Who owns a writer’s creativity?
More on the point-counterpoint essays, by myself and Eric Meyer, on a newspaper’s ability to squelch an employer’s personal weblog: Ed Cone writes: Meyer clearly holds weblogs in disdain. “Some of us concentrate on creating things of value, not opinion,