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I know it's just a blog post, but if we consider blogging to be journalism (even in some remote sense), then the accepted practice is to reach out to the other

by V-2 10y ago

I know it's just a blog post, but if we consider blogging to be journalism (even in some remote sense), then the accepted practice is to reach out to the other side and ask for comments. She could - obviously - refuse, then you write she refused comment. Or she might have some explanation that doesn't involve racial bias. It may be some BS excuse, we might not believe in it, etc. but this is her problem and it doesn't change the principle. On the other hand, not even letting that person know that you made the situation public, and offered conclusions at that, is kind of shady to me. But maybe I'm just old-fashioned (in the sense of believing in journalism standards, not racial segregation).

dragonwriter 10y ago
> I know it's just a blog post, but if we consider blogging to be journalism Some blogging aspires to be the kind of neutral, third-party journalism to which that standard applies, but this kind of sharing of one's personal experience is not that kind of blogging. It's more like a personal version of an institutional press release, which might be the trigger and starting point for a journalistic story, but isn't one itself.
- V-2 10y ago
  Where the boundary lies is subjective in my opinion, personally I feel it's better overall to "err on the safe side" as far as these matters go. At any rate, I would be quite simply curious about she would have to say
  - csydas 10y ago
    While I get what you're saying, this form of blogging is closer to opinion pieces, not journalism; it's why news papers formerly segregated the op-ed pieces from the rest of the paper, as it's less about a journalistic investigation and more a writing opining/pontificating. Blogging can have all sots of forms, some closer to news, some closer to personal diaries/journals. Based on the piece, this is closer to the latter, someone's personal experience made public. I realize that nowadays it's not as clear cut when you're reading an op-ed and when you're reading a piece of news, and sometimes it seems like authors try to blur the lines, but the distinction exists for a reason. The author of the piece did not really seem to try to make this anything more than "this is my story", which should set the tone and understanding of the writing he's about to present.

by V-2 10y ago

dragonwriter 10y ago

> I know it's just a blog post, but if we consider blogging to be journalism Some blogging aspires to be the kind of neutral, third-party journalism to which that standard applies, but this kind of sharing of one's personal experience is not that kind of blogging. It's more like a personal version of an institutional press release, which might be the trigger and starting point for a journalistic story, but isn't one itself.

V-2 10y ago
Where the boundary lies is subjective in my opinion, personally I feel it's better overall to "err on the safe side" as far as these matters go. At any rate, I would be quite simply curious about she would have to say
- csydas 10y ago
  While I get what you're saying, this form of blogging is closer to opinion pieces, not journalism; it's why news papers formerly segregated the op-ed pieces from the rest of the paper, as it's less about a journalistic investigation and more a writing opining/pontificating. Blogging can have all sots of forms, some closer to news, some closer to personal diaries/journals. Based on the piece, this is closer to the latter, someone's personal experience made public. I realize that nowadays it's not as clear cut when you're reading an op-ed and when you're reading a piece of news, and sometimes it seems like authors try to blur the lines, but the distinction exists for a reason. The author of the piece did not really seem to try to make this anything more than "this is my story", which should set the tone and understanding of the writing he's about to present.