Sehr interessanter Artikel von Richard Craig beim Mercury News:

Our nation's founders saw the press as an essential element to the functioning of a healthy democracy. They envisioned an ongoing public discourse that would drive debate and policy, and saw the press as a vital venue for that discourse. Toward that end, early U.S. newspapers were participatory in nature. They included personal news, eyewitness accounts and other elements that made them part of the fabric of their communities.

In some ways, blogs might help to restore such a model. They could easily supplement traditional media outlets, giving voice to less-publicized people, causes and points of view. They also could force mainstream media outlets to maintain high standards and take a fresh look at the subjects they cover.

Not every blog is a news outlet. But shouldn't it be up to readers to decide what's news and what isn't?

MercuryNews: Blogs as news? Let readers decide by Richard Craig (Debate over Future of Journalism confuses the Message with Medium)

[Via: New Media Musings - JD Lascia ]