The Journalist – Blogger Types (3 of 5)
February 20, 2008 - Written by Gyutae Park
In this blogging series, we are discussing the 5 different types of bloggers: experts, ramblers, journeymen, journalists, and celebrities. Here we will cover the journalist, a breed of bloggers covering industry news and events while adding their own thoughts and commentary into the coverage. Are you a journalist? Be sure to vote in the blogger types poll.
Qualities of a journalist
- Objectively reports news and covers industry events
- Relies on other content to generate posts
- Frequently shares insights into the news
Benefits of being a journalist
- Not as much creativity involved
- Can generate more content based on industry happenings
- Can be considered an industry authority by staying on top of the news
Tactics journalists use for their blogs
- Try to be the first to cover an event or story
- Add own twist on a story & be unique
- Create buzz and make up rumors
- Make friends in the industry via networking
Examples
- Andy Beal of Marketing Pilgrim
- Danny Sullivan of Search Engine Land
- Michael Arrington of TechCrunch
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Journalists are probably a huge part of the blogging community. And one that is rapidly increasing. I am still not entirely sure which blogger type I am though!
Journalists are definitely needed in the online world and in the blogging community. Hmm, I think you’re more of a journeyman/rambler/aspiring-expert with your blog at technogumption. Keep at it man.
I am not a journalist but I imagine that a number of journalists could take offense to “Not as much creativity involved”
Journalists are a high proportion of bloggers simply because these are the easy types of posts to write for most. Although they are quite difficult to write well because of the need to put a personal and interesting spin on news items. Lets face it, most news is distributed far and wide, so why should I come to you to read about news items? I know I post like this sometimes and I also know it can be very difficult to put your own voice to news reporting.
I’m with you Tom!
I actually do this type of blogging.
I know a lot about my topic since I’ve RUN numerous Seminars and I’ve been part of many others.
Then, too, I’ve attended many as well.
My main purpose is to provide a service to my visitors and even more detailed information to my list!
Can we pick more than one from your poll?
Pam Hoffman
http://seminarlist.blogspot.com
Hey Pam,
Sorry, the poll is limited to only 1 choice. Of course there are a lot of bloggers that might fit into more than 1 category, but we’re trying to see which ones are the most popular.
I would like to be a Journalist. No, no, no… I WILL be a journalist… There’s nothing wrong in it, and on my serbian tennis blog you could always find the newest information, but there was a lack of creativity… You get bored writting the same post introduction every day…