Our teacher showed us this blog in class and after looking through quite a few other videos, I still find this to be the most comprehensive (and cute) video explaining what blogs are. So here it is. ((:



I also found another video! But this is on trends in online journalism.

So is journalism on the internet here to stay? Well the majority thinks so.

"Citizen journalism and social media also have important roles to play, and in one form or another they are here to stay. The power of social media to spot and report news in real time is well illustrated by the Austin airplane incident. Beyond news, social media and blogs provide a deep reservoir of information and a wide range of opinion that we could not have imagined even 10 years ago. Citizen journalists and commentators enhance the richness and diversity of expression and keep professional journalists on their toes. Tools like Twitter promote free expression and make it available to people who would otherwise be heard. Finally, social media have demonstrated an amazing ability to engage and motivate large numbers of people, as we saw during the recent Haitian relief effort."

"It was citizen journalists using new media who directed mainstream news organizations to [the plane's pilot] Joe Stack’s anti-government note, which turned the story from a local tragedy to one of national and international importance. Our news policy prevents us from spreading information we haven’t confirmed, so we sat on the note until we confirmed Stack owned the [website on which the note was found]. And even then, we talked about how to report on the note’s contents. With everything we tweeted, we stayed committed to being respectful, factual, and sensitive."

"Aggregating and curating content with attribution should become part of a BBC journalist’s assignment; and BBC’s journalists have to integrate and listen to feedback for a better understanding of how the audience is relating to the BBC brand."

The fact that I am now blogging for my school assignment should also be indicative that blogging news or twittering it, will be here to stay in future.