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This blog has been created for the class of "Public Journalism in the Digital Age" taught by Dr. Jinsun Lee in the Spring semester of 2011 at Old Dominion University, Norfolk VA. Each student will develop his/her own blog and network with bloggers.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Kenneth Applegate

A blog is rarely one of the first places you'd look for news, but you'd be surprised as to how much they cover, without those 'political' biases. Slashdot and OhmyNews are 2 blogs that inform their readers of whats going on in the world around them, but there are a lot of differences. Slashdot is more technology based with acronyms and numbers that may confuse normal readers. OhmyNews is an international-based news blog that is about current affairs.
Basically what you're looking for decides what one you go on. If it is about science or computers, than slashdot is where it's at. If you're a traditionalist and actually look through the world without a computer screen, than OhmyNews is where it's at. Both are obviously user-generated so what you read is up to you to believe. Although a majority of it is the truth, it can either be more biased or pretty legit.
I love how slashdot is like a forum, with lots of titles to choose from and no images to distract you. OhmyNews is good, too, with more images and a more 'newsy' layout. All in all, both are great, and it's really just a matter of what you are looking for.

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