Comments on: Delusions of Journalism

By: David Blacker

David Blacker — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:18:08 +0000

Well, mostly ‘cos either the editors don’t know what a blog is, or they don’t consider blogs legit media.

By: Dulan

Dulan — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:27:17 +0000

@drac – Thanks for stopping by! Yeah, I guess you could still call it citizen journalism, which makes sense in that it’s cheap content (stealing only costs reputation from people who know about the theft)

@David – Thank you for the clarification. It’s a great interview, which is why it’s such a shame that it wasn’t credited.

My point being, with so many talented writers out there (a simple trawl along ach/kottu would lead to some really good ones), why aren’t the newspapers making legitimate use of them? It can’t be that difficult to get in touch with a blogger and get permission to publish the content.

Que Sera, Sera.

By: David Blacker

David Blacker — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:26:57 +0000

The Sunday Island had obtained permission to run the interview. However, they didn’t credit the source. Simply giving me a byline makes it look like I write for the Island or that they commissioned the interview, when in reality they had nothing to do with it. Technically, they are in the clear, but it’s still unethical.

They did credit my blog later (which is too late, since no one probably saw that), and as you say, misspelled the URL.

By: drac

drac — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:23:42 +0000

Isn’t this yet another manifestation of the phenomenon known as citizen journalism? The citizenry are writing your articles for you and they don’t even know it.

Not entirely tongue in cheek.

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