Why I Like Blogs & Jennie Rees

It's far easier to point and say, "Hey look at that reporter writing a blog, you're doing it wrong!!!" Then you make fun of their age and wonder aloud if they still use a typewriter to write their stories. In honesty, it's hard to move from reporter to blogger for one simple reason: Opinion. A good reporter reports the news. A reporter should be unbiased. A good news piece is one that is clear, concise, factual, and at the end of reading it you should have a good feel for what's going on in totality. It is VERY difficult after a lifetime of staying "out" of the story to all of sudden, have your editor ask you to "BE" the story. I think the best reporter who has become a great blogger (and still remains a great reporter) is easily Jennie Rees. Her latest piece about the BC in LA two years in a row is an equivalent to pitching a perfect game. It's factual and fairly opinionated, it reports and editorializes with facts and insider knowledge. It'll take time for reporters to feel comfortable sharing inside information and then editorializing it, but Jennie is leading that charge. Credit where credit is due.