Middlesex North Times

The increase in the number and significance of blogs is historic. Categorizing the event as historic is not an exaggeration. Blogs have forever changing the information world, as we know it. According to Jay Rosen, well-known press critic and writer, during the horrific tsunami disaster bloggers actually beat big Journalism at its own game. Last month at a convention of the National Association of Broadcasters, long time news journalist Sam Donaldson made a statement that shocked his audience. “We’re going out of the network news business”, Donaldson told his audience “The old days…are going thanks to changing technology”. At the same convention Jeff Greenfield, a senior analyst with CNN, said blogs are rapidly changing the face of journalism. There is no doubt both print and television news are feeling the awesome effects of the Internet. They offer the public quick, large-scale avenues to read about stories usually covered by traditional news outlets. Last week in New Jersey there was a convention of the “Media Bloggers Association. One of the main topics of discussion was journalistic standards for bloggers. For many, blogging is simply an informal "express yourself" tool, but for others it has become a serious means of communicating news. There are many that believe print news is destined for extinction or evolution into some electronic medium like blogs …but… I won’t my breath waiting for the Middlesex North Times