Bloggers and classic journalists can teach each other how to be better journalists by learning from each other. Bloggers and journalists cannot ignore the influence their industries have on the creation and adaptation of their industries.

Traditional journalists have methods of fact checking, editing and comprehensive reporting of a topic. Technique and format in classic journalism create fluidity and ethical standards throughout the industry. These rules are keystones to good journalism which bloggers should take form classic journalists.

Bloggers are able to make the rules in their submissions. The freedom to make your own rules makes these journalists stand out and push the information envelope.

Classic media should be more transparent. In blogs you can see where the information comes from. The immediacy of corrections and the accessability to specific bloggers to help bypass unnecessary information is an important part of blogs. The sense of personality in blogs keeps people’s trust.

Classic media outlets often fear being sued and stay away from certain topics. There’s a cooling effect in sensational news stories in the classic mediums can where there’s more of an edge to blog-based news.

Blogging can be a hobby that you can start and stop as much as you want, where classic journalism is a job you can get hired and fired from. Each industry is based on credibility and is the reason why each avenue is successful. Both mediums are and read by audiences because of perceived credibility.