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Journalism vs. Blogging reminds me of music in the 1930s. Symphonic music dominated and even dance music had swing orchestras. Enter the jazz combo and rock and roll. The music profession no longer required Julliard, foreign language skills, intense apprenticeship, and expectation of musical maturity after two or three decades. Blogs are doing this to journalism. I don't subscribe to journalistic ethics. I don't go to j-school. I don't start at the bottom at a paper, writing obits (I do, actually) and covering city hall, waiting for my big break. I don't have press credentials and am not paid by the word. An editor and publisher don't choose what I write, how I write it, how much I write, or if it gets seen by the readers. I rock in my garage. And for every working journalist there will soon be a hundred webloggers. This creates Top40 Radio, live concerts in small clubs, arena rock, Napster. The classical arts are alive and kicking in the 21st Century; more people spend more money and more time now on regional symphonies, operas, ballets, theater companies, and recordings than 100 years' ago. I expect journalism to flourish too. But new voices will be heard across the land. Blog & Roll, baby. Blog on.
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