Week 7 Review: Are bloggers journalists?

Topic: Are bloggers journalists? What is your take on this?

In your opinion, do you think that bloggers are journalists?

According to the given article, here and here, both of it didn't clearly state that bloggers are journalists. Instead, they make a review as to why bloggers are known as bloggers and journalists are known as journalists.

So, what makes the difference between bloggers and journalists?

Well, as most of us know, journalists write to get paid. That's a fact. They will interview someone then will maybe only write just a sentence or two quoted from the person and the rest of it are totally wrong. They write to the public and get paid by their bosses and hopefully they did nothing wrong to offend anyone until they're in a high risk of being sued. It's their job to write and they do it for their living. The product of their writing will end up either in the newspapers articles or magazines.

On the other hand, bloggers are very much different. They write what they feel and what they want people to know. They don't do that to get paid. They're doing it on their own free will. Most of the time, people do believe what's it's written there. Although they are not certified journalists, they still have their rights to write what they want.Bloggers are also known as Web Diarist. They write their diaries and publish it online to let everyone see what they did, where they when, their feelings and everything you write on a diary. Some even use blogs to make money out of it by asking their friends to share it to everyone.

In the end, are bloggers still journalists? Yes but they're are not the certified journalists that make publications online.