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Is there a difference between bloggers and journalists?

I am not going to go into an argument of whether bloggers are more credible than journalists as it is really like comparing apples and oranges.

But are the two really different?

Bloggers are more social said one observer. The observer highlighted that over this weekend itself, there were two networking session among the blogging community in Singapore.

The first was on Friday night with the one year anniversary of Yebber.com.

The following Saturday morning saw most of Singapore blogging community having a social media breakfast.

Would the journalists do the same? Meet on a Saturday for breakfast as a form of networking session?

Another thing mentioned was how bloggers are compulsive food photo takers.

You can easily identify a blogger in Singapore, especially at the kopi tiams, resturants, fast food centers or cafes, etc…

If he/she quickly whips out his/her digital camera or one that comes in a form of a mobile phone, that person must definitely be a blogger.

But the question isn’t about their compulsive behaviour, rather they are carrying a digital imaging tool in hand. Yes, a mobile phone may not be the best camera around, but there are bloggers who are also carrying Digital SLRs to events.

So why aren’t publishers arming their journalists with a Digital SLRs but they rather outsource the job to freelance photographers?