51% of Journalists Use Blogs

August 26th, 2005 3:53 PM

Over at MediaChannel, they have a study that says 51 percent of journalists use blogs, but only one percent "believe in their credibility."

Of those who use blogs, 70 percent "use blogs for work-related tasks: they use blogs to find story ideas, researching and referencing facts, finding sources and uncovering breaking news."

Ironically, few journalists claim to post on blogs of their own because they don't want to "be seen as compromising objectivity and thus credibility."

Looks like journalists have decided that it's still best to put their opinions in stories, not blogs.