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Originally Posted by suzzer99
You don't get paid a living wage to be a blogger. There aren't that many who are going to stick with it until they reach some kind of national audience. Or they have another life and get burned out like Ken Tremendous. At least you know a guy who went to journalism school and made it a career isn't going to abandon the gig. Maybe your city gets lucky and gets a Bill Simmons, maybe they don't. Also there's the whole journalistic integrity, having an editor to vet sources, etc.
I know a number of people who went to journalism school; they are now in law school.
One friend, who I've known since day one of undergrad, was your typical turboliberal hippie idealist and found his way into Columbia's journalism school. This is from the last time I saw him:
"I want women to **** me only because of my money."
Looking around and seeing a newsroom full of middle-aged guys making 45k a year (but with integrity!) is in no way more alluring than blogging.