Journalism

Blogging Defined

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WOLF BLITZER: So, Fafnir and Giblets, what IS a blog?
FAFNIR: Blogs are the future Wolf.
GIBLETS: Yes! They are MADE of the future! We extract the future’s pure temporal essence an squeeze it into cables an modems an T3 lines it becomes a blog!
F: A blog… of the future.
WB: How much thought goes into your “web blog” “posts”?
F: Oh we do not think at all when we post! That would defeat the entire purpose!
G: Blogs must be spontaneous intant reactions to the lightning events of the everyday! Giblets fires up a random news article, pounds his head against the keyboard several times, an hits the “publish” button for the purest of pure blog posts!
F: Otherwise you are not truly flowin in the electric consciousness Wolf.


Read the rest at Fafblog!

For Classical Music Lovers and Other Interested Parties

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Yesterday Arts Journal launched a 10 day blog called Critical Conversation:

THE QUESTION BEFORE US

If the history of music is the recorded conversation of ideas, then where do we find ourselves in that conversation at the start of the 21st Century?
The conversationalists are a dozen of the “top classical music critics in America” (YMMV) and based on the early posts the discussion might be pretty interesting.
Of note, also, is the description of this blog as a 10 day blog. A short finite lifetime to have a snapshot discussion of a particular idea. And you can join in via comments.
Another aspect is that while the blog may build interest in and traffic to Arts Journal with this short life the blog will not have any focus on building long term traffic and relationships to itself.
All in all a pretty nifty idea for.

As Seen on TV

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No not really. But this new news aggregation site was spotted this afternoon at Resurrection Song and Wizbang.
The proprietor offers that:

NEWSFEED is for bloggers, news junkies, commentators, drudgereporters, and all who take interest in the wild world of news reporting. 1,000s of news sites, culled every day for the most interesting reading. News for bloggers. News for junkies.
Try it. You might like it.

Just the Facts Please

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Former conservative liar David Brock heads up a new watchdog site called Media Matters for America:

Because a healthy democracy depends on public access to accurate and reliable information, Media Matters for America is dedicated to alerting news outlets and consumers to conservative misinformation — wherever we find it, in every news cycle — and to spurring progressive activism based on standards and accountability in media.

I thought Brock’s confession, Blinded by the Right, passed muster and Media Matters looks like it might be a useful resource.
Media Matters would be even more useful if they would turn on an RSS feed.
There’s more at Talkleft and in this New york Times article.