Editing Blog (section)

==Blurring with the mass media==
Many bloggers, particularly those engaged in [[citizen journalism|participatory journalism]], are amateur journalists, and thus they differentiate themselves from the professional reporters and editors who work in [[mainstream media]] organizations. Other bloggers are media professionals who are publishing online, rather than via a TV station or newspaper, either as an add-on to a traditional media presence (e.g., hosting a radio show or writing a column in a paper newspaper), or as their sole journalistic output. Some institutions and organizations see blogging as a means of "getting around the filter" of media "[[gatekeeper]]s" and pushing their messages directly to the public. Many mainstream journalists, meanwhile, write their own blogs—well over 300, according to CyberJournalist.net's J-blog list.{{citation needed|date=June 2010}} The first known use of a blog on a news site was in August 1998, when [[Jonathan Dube]] of ''[[The Charlotte Observer]]'' published one chronicling [[Hurricane Bonnie (1998)|Hurricane Bonnie]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Blogging Bonnie |website=[[Poynter.org]]|date=September 18, 2003 |url=http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=52&aid=48413/}}</ref>

Some bloggers have moved over to other media. The following bloggers (and others) have appeared on radio and television: [[Atrios|Duncan Black]] (known widely by his pseudonym, Atrios), [[Glenn Reynolds]] ([[Instapundit]]), [[Markos Moulitsas Zúniga]] ([[Daily Kos]]), [[Alex Steffen]] ([[Worldchanging]]), [[Ana Marie Cox]] ([[Wonkette]]), [[Nate Silver]] ([[FiveThirtyEight.com]]), and [[Ezra Klein]] (Ezra Klein blog in ''[[The American Prospect]],'' now in ''[[The Washington Post]]''). In counterpoint, [[Hugh Hewitt]] exemplifies a mass media personality who has moved in the other direction, adding to his reach in "old media" by being an influential blogger. Similarly, it was ''Emergency Preparedness and Safety Tips On Air and Online'' blog articles that captured [[Surgeon General of the United States]] [[Richard Carmona]]'s attention and earned his kudos for the associated broadcasts by talk show host [[WVOX#Notable Past Programming|Lisa Tolliver]] and Westchester Emergency Volunteer Reserves-[[Medical Reserve Corps]] Director Marianne Partridge.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nsc.org/nsc_events/Nat_Safe_Month/Pages/home.aspx |title=National Safety Month |publisher=National Safety Council |access-date=April 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140616140514/http://www.nsc.org/nsc_events/Nat_Safe_Month/Pages/home.aspx |archive-date=June 16, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/21/173419.php|work=Blogcritics|title=Flavor Flav Celebrates National Safety Month |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213223841/http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/06/21/173419.php |archive-date=February 13, 2009}}</ref>

Blogs have also had an influence on [[minority language]]s, bringing together scattered speakers and learners; this is particularly so with blogs in [[Goidelic language|Gaelic languages]]. Minority language publishing (which may lack economic feasibility) can find its audience through inexpensive blogging. There are examples of bloggers who have published books based on their blogs, e.g., [[Salam Pax]], [[Ellen Simonetti]], [[Jessica Cutler]], and [[ScrappleFace]]. Blog-based books have been given the name [[blook]]. A prize for the best blog-based book was initiated in 2005,<ref>{{cite news|title=Blooker rewards books from blogs|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4326908.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=October 11, 2005|access-date=June 5, 2008}}</ref> the [[Lulu Blooker Prize]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Blooker prize honours best blogs|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6446271.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=March 17, 2007|access-date=June 5, 2008}}</ref> However, success has been elusive offline, with many of these books not selling as well as their blogs. The book based on [[Julie Powell]]'s blog "The Julie/Julia Project" was made into the film ''[[Julie & Julia]]'', apparently the first to do so.