Storytelling and Understanding

Reuters: “Many people see Web journals or ‘blogs’ as alternatives to the mainstream media…”

Who are the “many people” who see blogs that way? If the piece is honest, and the reporter actually believes it, my guess is it’s the reporter and perhaps some of his colleagues.

But blogs aren’t an alternative to mainstream media, he says, and we agree.

He says blogs are about story telling. And Reuters isn’t? Come on. What is there that isn’t story telling?

That blogs are about story telling is not saying that they’re not journalism. Reuters tells a story today and every day. If you want people to understand an idea, you must tell a story.

Dave Winer - The Small Picture(bold emphasis mine)