Online Newspaper Articles and News Blogs

In my research this week I had to compare a news blog and a news related online newspaper article and compare and contrast the two. The news blog I found did not have an authors name, but certainly sounded like it was coming from a reporter. The blog looked and sounded exactly like a regular newspaper article. The title was "Obama Administration Defends Pick for Ambassador to Iraq from GOP Critics". This blog discussed Obama's choice in picking Christopher Hill for Ambassador of Iraq, and the backlash of scrutiny from the republicans. This blog seemed to have come from a true journalist, and looked good enough to be on the front cover of a newspaper. The reporter or "blogger" didn't seem to have any bias in his writing either.

The online newspaper article I found came from the LA times. This article discussed President Obama's first trip to Southern California since becoming President. Micheal Muskal wrote this article entitled "Obama to Visit Southern California this Week". It was informative in explaining the events that are taking place while President Obama is visiting this week. One of the many appearances he will be making is on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and the article explained how people could try to get tickets.

I did not find very many differences in the content of the online newspaper article and the blog. they were both well written and informative, without any biased points of view. The only slight difference I found was that the blog was nationwide and the newspaper was only for Los Angeles. Both seemed very credible.

 I feel that a good news blog would be exactly like the one I read. No bias and very informative, with obvious credibility. A good online newspaper would also be like he one I read, informative with reports on events and pictures to help support the article.

In my previous blog I stated that it would be a good idea for print media to start utilizing blogs as a way to keep readers. Judging by my comparisons of the two articles, it looks like the media is already headed in that direction; writing blogs by true journalists s articles. I think that I could rate this as a 3 or a 4, because the research I did was relatively neutral to my original thesis. However, I think 4 would be better because it probably leans more towards the point I made before.