January 20, 2005

(Updated) 'Communique' In 'Wall Street Journal'

Article On Blogs And Ethics

Note: This post has been updated. Any and all updates appear at the end of the original post.

Tomorrow we are going to go address our laptop issues, either temporarily or permanently. In the meantime, we wanted to take a brief -- well, not brief, because it takes us forever to type with this degrading keyboard -- moment to point readers to this Wall Street Journal article on weblogs and ethics. You'll note in the lede a familiar personage and website.

It doesn't really directly get into our conversation with the reporter, although some of the comments from some of those who are quoted resemble what we were arguing as well.

But, given the laborious distraction of this keyboard issue, getting into the article deconstruction will have to wait until sometime tomorrow. In addition, we may or may not also show up in an Associated Press article on the same subject.

January 21, 2005

Update

We're fairly certain that this is the AP story in question, but we didn't make it into that. Which is entirely fair, given that we were in the lede of the WSJ article.

And yes, this update means we are back in operation, and should have our delayed Burnside Bridgehead post done later this evening.

Also, keep an eye out, because we may have an item up today or tomorrow of relevance to the whole matter of blogging, journalism, and credibility/ethics as it pertains very, very directly to Portland Communique.

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  1. Elaine of Kalilily on 21 Jan 2005

    Hah! You're the lead in an article that also includes Jay Rosen and Glenn Reynolds (much later on). Now if that isn't professional success, I don't know what is. Congratulations.

  2. Belinda on 21 Jan 2005

    The article shows to me how behind the traditional newspapers are--there are no links!

  3. Elaine of Kalilily on 21 Jan 2005

    When you write that post on credibility and ethics, I hope that you will notify the Harvard folks, the reporters who interviewed you, and all of the other online journalists who continue to explore what that means for blogger/journalists such as you.

  4. allehseya on 21 Jan 2005

    Also, keep an eye out, because we may have an item up today or tomorrow of relevance to the whole matter of blogging, journalism, and credibility/ethics as it pertains very, very directly to Portland Communique.

    I'm very much looking forward to this...especially as it pertains to this perspective:

    "Bloggers should reject the traditional idea of objectivity," says Mickey Kaus, a former New Republic and Newsweek writer whose blog Kausfiles appears on Slate.com. "One of the virtues of blogging is that it's not subject to the professional and bureaucratic restrictions of big media." Mr. Kaus says a formal code isn't needed -- just honesty. He adds: "The point of blogging is to say what you actually think -- opinion, not the traditional ideal of journalism."

    -- and congrats on overcoming yet another obstacle -- and for yet more recognition which you rightly deserve.

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  1. Blogger friend makes the Wall Street Journal on 20 Jan 2005

    My friend Christopher Frankonis, famous for the Portland Blog The Portland Communique makes the makes the