Following my previous post on the professionalization or business-making turn of blogging, there has also been much tension about the relationships between bloggers and traditional journalists. Questions about the legitimacy of the new media guard versus the old-keepers (and deliverers) of news and opinions have abounded.
These days, though, these relationships are expressed less in oppositional terms and more in terms of complementary and transition. Some bloggers are becoming full-blown journalists and journalists become bloggers. Blogging becomes an essential part of many journalists' activities.
Such evolution can also be traced in media job trends. This report, for instance, shows how job cuts in traditional journalism (especially in big cities) are countered by increased job openings for digital journalists.
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