P5: Blogs and the New York Times

Upon first glance, there are similarities between the blog I'm following, DailyIntel, and the New York Times based solely on layout and appearance. I think that the content of the two websites are also similar and that they both have a balance between hard news, like politics, and soft news, like entertainment pieces. However, the New York Times' front page is more hard news focused and keeps the soft news portion of the website tucked under easy tabs like Art and Travel. DailyIntel posts multiples of each type of news a day and makes things a bit less organized. I think that I prefer reading the New York Times to DailyIntel but that there are a lot of silly, interesting stories on the blog that I enjoy as well.


I think that the New York Times is an example of a news source adapting from the old model of news to fit the press sphere. The New York Times now boasts a variety of different content all available at one website. The site also allows for comments on its stories and provides further information about the author, like a short bio or e-mail address, than a newspaper would. I think that there definitely is a press sphere and that New York Times is a major component of this as it is a major media outlet in the United States.


I think that DailyIntel is a component of the press sphere that is smaller than the New York Times but that is still important to the media world. The constant feed of news stories, comments, links to original stories, and the variety of topics shows how news sources have evolved since the era of daily newspapers. I think that despite the DailyIntel not being as widely read as other sources, that it is an important example of non-conventional sources of news.