tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post7392102957803658004..comments2024-02-07T16:22:39.625-05:00Comments on Jeff Jedras: If bloggers want to be treated like journalists they should act like journalistsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-58453935001593778912009-12-23T16:19:21.873-05:002009-12-23T16:19:21.873-05:00I don't know. I love the freedom of blogging. ...I don't know. I love the freedom of blogging. It's unique in our world today. To institutionalize or otherwise rob us of the no-holds-barred luxury we now have is worth the threat of legal action. I don't want to be legislated just so I can say I'm a 'professional', either. I hate the word, 'should', too. If I wanted to be a journalist, I would have long ago pursued a career as such. I'm a blogger dammit and that's all I want to be.Jim Parretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15331887342292476909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-42934538775343359132009-12-23T16:07:27.421-05:002009-12-23T16:07:27.421-05:00Bloggers need to get over themselves.
If you want...Bloggers need to get over themselves.<br /><br />If you want to be a journalist, and get the benefit of a defence against libel, go ahead. Do it. It doesn't have anything to do with whether you share your stories over a blog, or on a podcast or on a twitter feed, or by standing on a soap box at speaker's corner.<br /><br />Just be a journalist with a blog, and stop pretending that "blogging" is something different.Gauntlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05061438876627317881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-24168117322349782662009-12-23T14:16:57.238-05:002009-12-23T14:16:57.238-05:00The solution seems obvious, no? A Professional ass...The solution seems obvious, no? A Professional association of bloggers, whose membership is controlled and enforced based on protocols set out by the association. In the same way that I am more inclined to trust a business that is a member of the Better Business Bureau, I could see that a blog is part of the Better Blog Bureau and is, therefore, trustworthy. Complaints to the association would result in your blog being removed.<br /><br />In return, the association would negotiate press rights for member blogs. Members would be issued Better Blog Bureau press passes, which would grant them access to press conferences and the like.<br /><br />The question then becomes, who starts this association? And who enforces it? It would take a dedicated group of bloggers to get such a system off the ground and popularize it. But it would be a worthwhile effort, I think, and do much for having blogs taken more seriously.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10207050849345011352noreply@blogger.com