The world of blogging has such varied definitions and uses, it can be considered more of a medium than a genre of publishing. When teaching Citizen Journalism, blogs are at times difficult to characterize in any efficient way. We could spend entire sessions discussing blogs alone and their outright significance to digital publishing.
The Center for Digital Ethics & Policy at Loyola University in Chicago has assembled a best practices for blogging that is enlightening and crucial to anyone interested in publishing a successful blog. They include responsibility, a certain degree of transparency, attribution, truth and whether or not to mix media with audio and video.
A recent visit to Loyola University for a community news summit further strengthened the notion that blogging has paved the way for the future of digital media and innovation. Many of the entrepreneurs on hand are prominent bloggers who have implemented this new media format with the community journalism of old to find a fresh outlook on publishing, as the walls between writer and reader (or viewer) further deteriorate for the good of society.
See the full best practices report here.
Great post!