http://battellemedia.com/archives/2005/01/gillmor_media_blogging.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gillmor_media_blogging Thoughts on the intersection of search, media, technology, and more. Thu, 23 May 2013 12:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2005/01/gillmor_media_blogging.php#comment-22062 RW Mon, 17 Jan 2005 23:06:45 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2005/01/gillmor_media_blogging.php#comment-22062 <p>Y'know, as an ex-journalist and amateur(ish) blogger, I'm uncomfortable with this notion that anyone with a $4.95 Typepad account and a pair of eyes can stand on the same level as Harrison Salisbury or Seymour Hersh. A couple of things missing from your skillset list for the citizen-journalist: an ability to write well, and some knowledge of libel law. The latter is particularly relevant to your phrase "...regardless of the outcome." Sometimes an outcome can be quite harmful to an innocent, non-public individual. </p> Y’know, as an ex-journalist and amateur(ish) blogger, I’m uncomfortable with this notion that anyone with a $4.95 Typepad account and a pair of eyes can stand on the same level as Harrison Salisbury or Seymour Hersh. A couple of things missing from your skillset list for the citizen-journalist: an ability to write well, and some knowledge of libel law. The latter is particularly relevant to your phrase “…regardless of the outcome.” Sometimes an outcome can be quite harmful to an innocent, non-public individual.

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