What is it with this whole blogging thing?

This is a question I found myself asking repeatedly over the past year or so. I thought that blogs were something that, well, weird kids did do share their emotions with each other. It was just another outlet for goths and loners to be angry at the world.
This might've been true when blogs first appeared years ago, but it is far from the truth now. Sure there are people who use blogs as a personal diary or journal or diary, but who am I to judge them for that? It turns out that they were far ahead of the curve.
I've had to write this blog for a journalism class and it has been a blessing in disguise. I can safely say after a couple months at this that blogging is the future.
Here's a couple reasons why I say this:
1. Blogging is easy.
If you have a computer and internet, you can become a blogger.
2. Blogging is free.
The simplest forms of blogs, like the one I'm using now, is completely free. Once you get into more advanced blogs with advertisements that could change.
3. Blogs are accessible everywhere.
It's just as easy, if not easier, to access a blog as it is to write one. All you need is an internet connection--Starbucks has this for free too--and you can read any blog you'd like.

Now it may be a little confusing when I say "the future." What I mean to say is that blogging is quickly becoming the future of media.
In class last week, we met two journalists that had started a community blog pro bono. Their blog, Chapel Hill Watch, covers topics such as town meetings and local events all for free! It really is an amazing advancement in media.
This is just one example of the endless supply of news blogs that are on the internet.
Some of the more notable sites include the Huffington Post and Michelle Malkin's blog.
Blogging infinitely expands the capabilities of media. The problem will be finding people like Don Evans or Nancy Oates--from Chapel Hill Watch--that will do it for free or finding a way to make blogging profitable.
We've already found the next medium. Now we just need to make it work.

Posted by Jordan Powell