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May 9th, 2005, 07:36 GMT

Journalism for bloggers

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How many times didn't we find correct information from a blog type source that lacked any finesse or disregarded any journalism criteria? Until now, maybe it didn't bother you, but the slanderous tongues of the Net have started to criticize the bloggers' good intentions, accusing them of lacking basic writing skills.

To solve the problem, over 300 bloggers met last week in Nashville.

During
Freedom Forum from Vanderbilt University, the classrooms have quickly filled with students who were explained how to access databases containing governmental statistics and how to analyze their content.

The organizer of this conference, Bill Hobbs, has dubbed this blogging phenomenon „journalism on your own" and has never missed the opportunity to outline the importance and the expanding of this new media channel.

According to the president of the Media Bloggers Association there are currently 8 million users who post their journal online. However, the critiques were not few, and the most fanatic critiques came from classic media representatives.

The participants to this meeting have declared they will do their best to improve their localization of information and arguments to back their opinions, comments and rumors.

Fortunately, not all journalists are against bloggers, and several publications are taking into consideration the possibility of including the materials posted on blogs in their own news fluxes.

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