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Is Blogging Considered Real Journalism

by deebee23
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If you are independent and have your own site bigger sites with payrolls such as ESPN.com or CNN do not consider you a legitimate source of information. This is what one representative from a high traffic blog told me own a Facebook chat with recently. I
"We want you to be a real journalist, and make a name for yourself in one of the top 5000 websites in the world, not wallow away your talent in a blog. I may sound harsh, but I'm just stating the facts."

I decided not to write for them because I cannot leave a link to my site after each article I post to their site. Any thoughts on this topic. The name of the site is Vavel.com
#blogging #considered #journalism #real
  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by deebee23 View Post

    "We want you to be a real journalist, and make a name for yourself in one of the top 5000 websites in the world, not wallow away your talent in a blog. I may sound harsh, but I'm just stating the facts."
    It's perhaps similar to the difference between being trade-published and being self-published, as a writer.

    There are some great writers who are self-published, and being self-published certainly doesn't mean that "you're no good", but it's also perfectly and undeniably true that there's absolutely no quality control at all, in self-publishing, and anyone can become an author without anyone else ever attempting to determine or assess anything about the quality of what they write.

    So I think the answer to your question is that blogging can actually be "real journalism" but it isn't "vouched for" and it certainly doesn't have to be, and very widely it isn't considered real journalism. And for reasons that do - in one way - perhaps make some sense.


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  • Profile picture of the author agmccall
    A lot of bloggers are much better journalists than the so called "Real Professionals" That is why they make fun of and impune them on a regular basis.

    Just tell the truth and be able to back it up

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  • Profile picture of the author Tom Addams
    Consider the film industry and Perez Hilton.

    You become legitimate the instant you have influence.

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  • Profile picture of the author JohnnyPlan
    Sounds like they wanted you to write for free (assuming it was an unpaid job) and have no backlink either. It's a no win situation for you, though they would have gotten a lot off the deal.

    The only people that could afford to do this type of thing (writing for name recognition only) are the ones being compensated with actual money not 'fame'.
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  • Profile picture of the author jgant
    I'd rather make a lot of money being a self publisher with no recognition than some person scratching out a living getting published on popular sites.

    I say go ahead and accept $1,000 to $2,000 or whatever a popular site will pay for an article making those publishers gobs of money. It's much better being a small time publisher than a big time writer for hire (in my view).
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    • Profile picture of the author DubDubDubDot
      It may be a good opportunity for you, but only you can say for sure. The site is ranked 417 in Spain. That's promising if you are Spanish. Kind of drops off after that. 2,700 in Brazil and 1,900 in Mexico. No reach in the US at only 31,600. You may want to ask about their region specific growth over the past year. If they are stagnant in areas relevant to you then the position is less appealing. But even in that case it could be used as a stepping stone to getting on a bigger site.

      You are highly unlikely to make more money blogging sports news than you will working for a professional news site. This kind of content goes stale within a few days of reporting. There are not enough hours in the day for an independent sports blogger to produce enough content to match the reach of a fully staffed sports news site.
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  • Profile picture of the author Buchibrand
    You can be self published, gain fame and still make good money. So what else do i want?.
    Most of the professionals are poor, they can't measure up financially with bloggers. Remember also that "you can not be very rich working for someone" , working for your self remains the best.
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  • Profile picture of the author Miguelito203
    Originally Posted by deebee23 View Post

    If you are independent and have your own site bigger sites with payrolls such as ESPN.com or CNN do not consider you a legitimate source of information. This is what one representative from a high traffic blog told me own a Facebook chat with recently. I
    "We want you to be a real journalist, and make a name for yourself in one of the top 5000 websites in the world, not wallow away your talent in a blog. I may sound harsh, but I'm just stating the facts."

    I decided not to write for them because I cannot leave a link to my site after each article I post to their site. Any thoughts on this topic. The name of the site is Vavel.com
    I don't think it's a "yes" or "no" question. It really depends on the person writing the article.

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