After my mock of over egotistical bloggers (which was aimed at my fellow student friends – as they are the people who will read this blog in the early stages of its blogging life). I will now attempt to write a serious piece. I do as a ‘trainee journalist’ believe that blogging can be a beautiful feather in any journalists cap. The blog allows a journalist to air their opinions on things that matter to them, rather than merely reporting on events which they have been told to report on. It also allows witnessed events by the journalist to be reported in a more opinionated and some may argue ‘honest’ perspective. Journalists are often restrained by the tight leash of ‘balanced’ reporting (plus the threat of being taken to court) so in a Blog they can help the audience understand what it is like to be in their shoes.
As my blog isn’t going to be read by hundreds of people (although I hope it will be one day) it gives me leeway to ‘rant’ and sail a little closer to crossing that dangerous objective journalistic line. However I have always tried to be objective and as neutral as possible in my views with everything I encounter. Having said that my previous experiences will obviously affect my current opinions. As much as I try to escape them, I will apologise in advance if any of my opinions skew what I am blogging on. It is on this notion that I believe truly objective opinionated blogs, and for that matter news reporting, is impossible to obtain for any journalist. But the fact you can explain your opinions in more depth makes a blog empirical to any journalist.
Plus I believe I will enjoy writing them from an egotistical point of view, although I’ll try and tone it down a little from my previous postJ.
My future blogs will be on sporting issues
