WebBloggerZine?

Web site? Blog? Zine?

What the hell exactly is DeadJournlist.com? I've been thinking about it off and on for a while now. For some reason, how the site is defined matters to me. It is somewhat trivial, but none-the-less, I feel the need to explain my thoughts.

DeadJournalist.com started as, and still is a Web site first and foremost. It does have a blog component, but it isn't a "blog".

Why the distinction?

For one, the site (excluding the blog) isn't built on Blogger or Wordpress (and if it was, I'd be able to have RSS feeds or use feedburner, etc and actually have a more interactive site). But more so, I wanted it to be more than just a throw-away blog. I wanted to content to have some kind of impact.

I wonder if I have accomplished that. Not that a blog can't have impact, but to me, the reference of a Web site carries more significant meaning than that of a blog. I wanted some sort of journalistic integrity to the site. It's how the site got it's name - dead journalist (originally, the working name was the dead journalist or the dead journalists) referring to the american journalists whose dedication to being a journalist was more important that their own star-power.

As the site has evolved, or devolved, I've tried to stay true to the want of journalistic integrity. Whether I've stayed the path is a subject open to interpretation.

At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter. As long as the site is taken with the level of seriousness, I'll be content.

But damn it I still it rather be called a "site" than a "blog".