Bloggers vs. Journalists As Told By Stock Photos

The whole “what makes a journalist a journalist”/”are bloggers journalists?” discussion is one that won’t go away, and we’ve certainly weighed in on it a number of times. W...
Bloggers vs. Journalists As Told By Stock Photos
Written by Chris Crum
  • The whole “what makes a journalist a journalist”/”are bloggers journalists?” discussion is one that won’t go away, and we’ve certainly weighed in on it a number of times. While preparing a recent piece on the subject, I was perusing our go-to stock photo bank for potential images, and it really struck me how silly the differences are portrayed in that.

    I don’t know that a stock image bank reflects society’s opinions on bloggers and journalism, but I found the search results amusing, and thought it would be fun to share.

    If you search “blog,” “blogging,” or “blogger” you get these results:

    Blogging

    Blogging

    blogging

    Journalist

    blogging

    blogging

    That’s it. Really. That’s literally every result that comes up.

    For “journalist,” there are seven pages of photos. I’m not going to include them all, but here is a sampling:

    journalist

    journalist

    journalist

    journalist

    journalist

    jouranlist

    So, what are the takeaways here?

    Bloggers are basically teenage girls with computers. Journalists don’t use computers. They use typewriters, paper, or appear on TV.

    I guess the line between blogger and journalist isn’t so gray after all.

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