tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18042907.post2716768697212311811..comments2023-10-30T09:14:10.289-05:00Comments on The Eighth Floor: Can a Blog be a Primary Source?Eighth Floor Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04825960907543295020noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18042907.post-86418815164856528642008-03-11T16:25:00.000-05:002008-03-11T16:25:00.000-05:00Oops!! Great list of CRITERIA.(criteri, cirterias...Oops!! <BR/><BR/>Great list of CRITERIA.<BR/><BR/>(criteri, cirterias, criterions. You say tomato . . . )Lee Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07610708073779555245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18042907.post-75332986685094393862008-03-07T11:50:00.000-06:002008-03-07T11:50:00.000-06:00Dana,Great list of criterion. Thanks!Lee AnneDana,<BR/>Great list of criterion. <BR/><BR/>Thanks!<BR/>Lee AnneLee Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07610708073779555245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18042907.post-63169766084814283752008-03-07T11:28:00.000-06:002008-03-07T11:28:00.000-06:00Hi, Lee Anne, and thanks for the kind words, and I...Hi, Lee Anne, and thanks for the kind words, and I'm so glad that that post sparked you thinking.<BR/><BR/>I'm gonna go ahead and respond, as a teacher and as a journalist.... I do think blogs are useful as primary sources. I think students can use them as appropriate.<BR/><BR/>To me, that's not really the question at all. <BR/><BR/>The question is, who is the blogger? What are his/her credentials? What is his purpose in writing? How knowledgeable is he? In my opinion, it's not the medium that matters so much but what we do with it. Blogs CAN be journalism. It's just that usually, they aren't, because journalism should involved a degree of fact-checking and a commitment to objectivity that blogs, like columns, usually don't include.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again!Dana Sterlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04835827802940581199noreply@blogger.com