Political blogs: Teaching Us Lessons About Community/Don't Fear Twitter,

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Teaching Us Lessons About Community, Don't Fear Twitter and YouTube: The Flattening of Politics

Change is the only constant I have ever known to be true. Traditional journalists are resistant, to the idea that true journalism could come from a blog, Tweet or YouTube video. The fear of becoming obsolete is fueling their discontent for these resources.  Irony is that if they were to utilize these tools given to them they could potentially rise to become a more useful and complete journalist which in the dictionary has two definitions; 1. a person who practices the occupation or profession of journalism. 2. a person who keeps a journal, diary, or other record of daily events (dictionary.com, Jan 20, 2015).  Bloggers, YouTube(rs) and Tweeters are all a form of journalist by definition and have done what old newspapers use to, inform their communities and bring them together. The three essays have given me insight on an industry that I knew little about. The journalist show that they are human by having emotions, the ones that are true journalists will stand on top of the box to figure out how to be a better journalist and use these resources as opportunities to expand their profession and build their own communities. A lesson we all could stand to learn when faced with change.