Motivations of a Journalists

For those of you who haven't had the privilege, journalism professor/department head Ted Pease hosts a daily blogspot called 'Today's Word in Journalism' that I'd recommend checking out. One of his posts was a reaction article written by Rolling Stone author, Matt Taibbi on a story that was recently featured in New York Magazine. As new forms of media such as blogs become more common, it's hard to decipher how emerging and traditional news evolve. Taibbi talks about how the blogger is really the only true form of journalism alive. "Maybe it’s time we all stopped drawing a big distinction between bloggers and mainstream journalists, because, let’s be honest, that distinction doesn’t really count for s*** anymore."