Calacanis: Blogs are not journalism

Over on the The Nanopublishing Weblog, Jason Calacanis says he hopes that blogs are never viewed as journalism. To quote Jason:

Blogs are a truly unique form of communication and let’s not kill them by putting them in the journalism bucket. That is exactly what the traditional media companies want us to do. They want us to play on their court, and we do so at our peril. There is no need for bloggers to compete with the New York Times—we are different. We complement the traditional media and act as a reality check for it.

People love us because we are know who we are—warts and all. Don’t fight the difference, embrace it.