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> you got amateurs (bloggers, social media) being capable of running very fast and high-quality journalism on very low budgets (as the barrier to entry is extre

> you got amateurs (bloggers, social media) being capable of running very fast and high-quality journalism on very low budgets (as the barrier to entry is extremely low, all you need for a vlog these days is a basic iPhone) What is the definition of "journalism"? Are there particular examples that you are thinking of for these 'amateurs'? How many 'amateurs' have broken stories which involved going into archives, chasing down leads, interviewing the principles involved, etc? As compared to [vb]logs (re-)reporting a story that was originally broken by a 'non-amateur'?

mschuster91 3y ago
> What is the definition of "journalism"? Are there particular examples that you are thinking of for these 'amateurs'? How many 'amateurs' have broken stories which involved going into archives, chasing down leads, interviewing the principles involved, etc? That's already something not many newspapers or radio stations do, their content tends to originate from press agencies, verbatim copying police reports, or from syndicate stations as John Oliver pointed out a few years back [1]. Some outlets are even worse, they do just the same but it's not even a human journalist rehashing someone else's content but some kind of AI. [1] https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/john-oliver-how-sinclair-broadcast-group-brainwashes-local-news-630138/ https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/john-ol...
DiggyJohnson 3y ago
A good example would be Jomboy breaking the Astro’s pitch stealing system. This rocked baseball to its core.
mlrtime 3y ago
Read the article (or just search for journalism). This is what the author is claiming and not defining "Real Journalism". Maybe you have to go to a 4 year school and work for the NYT first to become a Real Journalist?
Dalewyn 3y ago
>What is the definition of "journalism"? One who journals. A journal is a record of current and past incidents and events. Unfortunately for "journalism" however, "journalists" by and large just write biased hit pieces intended to draw out fear, anger and sensationalism for money. They do not write and keep records, aka journals. I'm ecstatic that "journalism" is dying. "Journalists" are not the Fourth Estate, they are just a cancer blighting humanity.

mschuster91 3y ago

> What is the definition of "journalism"? Are there particular examples that you are thinking of for these 'amateurs'? How many 'amateurs' have broken stories which involved going into archives, chasing down leads, interviewing the principles involved, etc? That's already something not many newspapers or radio stations do, their content tends to originate from press agencies, verbatim copying police reports, or from syndicate stations as John Oliver pointed out a few years back [1]. Some outlets are even worse, they do just the same but it's not even a human journalist rehashing someone else's content but some kind of AI. [1] https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/john-oliver-how-sinclair-broadcast-group-brainwashes-local-news-630138/ https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/john-ol...

DiggyJohnson 3y ago

A good example would be Jomboy breaking the Astro’s pitch stealing system. This rocked baseball to its core.

mlrtime 3y ago

Read the article (or just search for journalism). This is what the author is claiming and not defining "Real Journalism". Maybe you have to go to a 4 year school and work for the NYT first to become a Real Journalist?

Dalewyn 3y ago

>What is the definition of "journalism"? One who journals. A journal is a record of current and past incidents and events. Unfortunately for "journalism" however, "journalists" by and large just write biased hit pieces intended to draw out fear, anger and sensationalism for money. They do not write and keep records, aka journals. I'm ecstatic that "journalism" is dying. "Journalists" are not the Fourth Estate, they are just a cancer blighting humanity.