http://freerangelibrarian.com/2004/06/14/the-magic-bus-21st-century-netiquette/ K.G. Schneider's blog on librarianship, writing, and everything else, since 2003. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:30:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2004/06/14/the-magic-bus-21st-century-netiquette/#comment-728 Rochelle Fri, 18 Jun 2004 14:29:10 +0000 http://www.freerangelibrarian.com/2004/06/14/the-magic-bus-21st-century-netiquette/#comment-728 Glad to see this Karen. As someone very active on LISNews, I struggle with the lack of reporterly skills displayed, and have tried to nudge it, through editing of submissions, more in that direction. Some days, I wonder if I missed the boat as a journalist, as I get a huge buzz out of being an LISNewster. I'm the first to admit that I am not a strict adherent to my own preaching because being a contributor to LISNews feels more like sitting around the kitchen table than it does sitting around the conference table at a newspaper. Given that even large, highly regarded news sources are finding themselves in hot water over sloppy reporting and outright ethical outrages, I don't worry too much about LISNews misprepresenting itself by using the word "news" in the title. I, too, am troubled by the 5 per centers: the loud-mouthed, bullying boors who make it a less than hospitable place at times. If you strip LISNews down to its linked stories, without looking at comments or the commentary-laden "department" headings, it's pretty darn newsy, I think. I would probably be a bit more choosy than Blake, and he knows this, but he's the host, so I try to honor the rules, or lack therof, of his place, and stick to my role of grammar and spelling queen. I'm thinking about this alot, as I start to work on a journal article about adopting journalistic standards to blogging. I'm always glad to see that others are thinking about it, too. Rochelle Hartman LISNews moderator, contributor and booster Glad to see this Karen. As someone very active on LISNews, I struggle with the lack of reporterly skills displayed, and have tried to nudge it, through editing of submissions, more in that direction. Some days, I wonder if I missed the boat as a journalist, as I get a huge buzz out of being an LISNewster. I’m the first to admit that I am not a strict adherent to my own preaching because being a contributor to LISNews feels more like sitting around the kitchen table than it does sitting around the conference table at a newspaper. Given that even large, highly regarded news sources are finding themselves in hot water over sloppy reporting and outright ethical outrages, I don’t worry too much about LISNews misprepresenting itself by using the word “news” in the title. I, too, am troubled by the 5 per centers: the loud-mouthed, bullying boors who make it a less than hospitable place at times. If you strip LISNews down to its linked stories, without looking at comments or the commentary-laden “department” headings, it’s pretty darn newsy, I think. I would probably be a bit more choosy than Blake, and he knows this, but he’s the host, so I try to honor the rules, or lack therof, of his place, and stick to my role of grammar and spelling queen.
I’m thinking about this alot, as I start to work on a journal article about adopting journalistic standards to blogging. I’m always glad to see that others are thinking about it, too.
Rochelle Hartman
LISNews moderator, contributor and booster

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