Down in San Antone, at AEJMC, journalism educators are realizing....

"Blogs are not a big deal to them," Branham said. "Some of us kind of look at blogs as this strange animal. Is it journalism? Is it not journalism?" While journalism students at UT soon will begin learning about blogging, the first priority is to teach them the basics, such as writing skills and media law and ethics. Then these budding journalists will study how to gather news in the high-tech era. "They're going to help change the culture in the newsroom," Branham said. "They don't think it's a big deal to get an audio clip to go with their story or to get a piece of video" to link to an online story. These young journalists will usher in a new chapter in which they have the opportunity to gather diverse viewpoints like never before, Jarvis said. "It's a very exciting time because there are all these new outlets for news," he said. "It's away from mass one-size-fits-all media toward niche media."

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