Only 5% Of Bloggers Are Journalists

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Only 5% Of Bloggers Are Journalists
Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Sunday July 23, @02:24PM
from the someone-getting-called-to-testify-soon dept.
ObsessiveMathsFreak writes
"A recent study has concluded that only 5% of bloggers have news as
their primary topic. The study was conducted by the Pew Internet &
American Life Project, and found that 37 percent of the surveyed blogs
were reporting on their personal life, 11 percent on political matters,
7 percent on entertainment, and 6 percent on sports. There's also
plenty of extra data in the report itself. From the article: 'About 34
percent see their blogging as a form of journalism; 65 percent
disagreed. Just over a third of the bloggers said they often conduct
journalistically appropriate tasks such as verifying facts and linking
to source material.'"