The blogging process

When this assignment was given to us, I had to ask what a blog was. I had heard of the

m before, seen the sections at the bottom of news sites asking for reader comments, but I had never had a reason to know what a blog was and how to use one.

I would still only call myself a basic blogger, but I do like the idea of one day creating a 'popular mechanic blog', that is, a specialised blog about my occupation or hobby. The idea of creating a diary blog seems a little daunting, I can't quite imagine what encourages people to put all of their thoughts of the day online for anyone to see. At the same time it is exciting to know that your work is being put online for other people to see, but I can see the current issue with traditional journalism vs. amateur sources. It is so easy to create a blog, to write anything you want on it with hardly any responsibility for your own work, are we losing the credibility of a journalist to millions of blogger's who want their 15 minutes of fame?

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