Bloggers vrs Journalists (again)

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth

Richard Sambrook, reporting from Davos, touches on a long-running debate:

Finally, a neat way of differentiating journalists and bloggers. “Bloggers suffer from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, journalists suffer from Attention deficit disorder.” In other words, journalists report and move on and don’t always follow up. Bloggers are obsessive, get hold of an issue and won’t let go….

And I can’t help feeling that more reporters should be like bloggers.

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Adam is a digital journalism lecturer, trainer and writer. He's been a blogger for over 20 years, a journalist for 30 and teaches audience strategy and engagement at City St George’s, London.

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