Jay Rosen's article about the increase of blogs and its increase in Journalistic Democracy does open the door to more people to become "journalists" in their own form. They are a type that differ from the common journalist you see in newspapers, television and in magazines. If somebody has an interest that others may like, that blog can receive a strong following. Topics could be cooking, dogs or comic books for example, even things that our not very ordinary.
In America, we all share the right to free speech and the press. The internet has added a new part to our First Amendment rights as citizens, who now have accesss to express out opinions through blogs and comment on others posts, agreeing or disagreeing with it. Of course some people may see bloggers as fake journalists, some of them do catch the eye of the public. They get sent to bigger news sites if good enough and can cause a stir amongst people.
Many people who work for news stations and other media outlets like ESPN for example, have their own blogs, where they can give their viewers and readers access to more information posted by them.
It will be interesting to where blogs and other online forums will take us in journalism as we move into this next decade and beyond.
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