Why bloggers are the new block… new (spoiled) kids on the block
Close to three years of being a blogger and more than two years of covering the blog beat has led me to observe the emergence of a “blogging culture” and how, little by little, these bloggers – the so-called new kids on the block – are running over the mainstream. A few examples:
Blogger: Six-figure monthly salary, if you’re an A-lister, no age required
Journalist: Six-figure monthly salary, if you’re a seasoned editor-in-chief, pushing 40 to 50
Blogger: Work from home
Journalist: Surely you can bring work. At home.
Blogger: Flexible hours.
Journalist: Flexible hours. For as long as it’s eight hours.
Blogger : Pajamas undies and boxer shorts as working attire.
Journalist: Jeans and shirt as working attire.
Blogger: The laptop, car and Canon Digital SLR that blogging bought.
Journalist: The laptop that the media company loaned
Journalist: Byline in the newspaper
Blogger: “Go ahead, Google me!”
Blogger: Bloggers-turned-columnists
Journalist: Journalists-turned-bloggers
Journalist: Invitation to press conferences
Blogger: Invitation to geeky blog meet-ups
Journalist: Swag bags and all-expense paid media junkets as perks
Blogger: Free Krispy Kremes from Press Inc. as perks, with possibly more freebies from Amor Maclang
(Disclaimer to the BIR: Am no six-figure blogger. I only have a figure
… atsaka journalist pa rin ako! 
)
Blogging since 2004 and recently married to Mr Z. I can't live without coffee....and brown sugar.
haha, panalo yung ‘just google me’. I do that when people ask me what I do.
reading this made me realize what i’ve been missing out as a blogger who happens to be (like you) a reporter too. where are the perks? (why do i have to call up ajay for directions to the krispy kreme store?) !!!! i want to be like ajay!!! hehehe (btw, i saw you sa rcbc, but you were too busy, di na tayo nakapag hi and hello!)MORE POWER!
Yeah Aaron..we can easily relate to that:)
Thanks Jove. Sorry I missed you at the Bloggies…too many online personas I had to say HI! to that day..my range of vision must have been limited. Don’t worry, I’ll try to give your name to the KK publicist, haha
“Blogger: Six-figure monthly salary, if you’re an A-lister, no age required.”
There is no easy money… to be honest I am not a believer!
yeah
the google me part 
and how about those krispy kremes? i haven’t got any of those lolz
madalas pa naman kami sa krispy kremes because my nephews love them.. kahit yung glazed donuts lang
bakit ako, walang six figure blogging salary. i must be doing something wrong.
Journalists don’t use smiley faces…unless it’s on their blog.
Bloggers are friendlier and don’t look down on journalists. Journalists look down on bloggers and call them geeks.
Six-figure blogger? Pesos ba yan? hehe. Either way, those bloggers making six figures are rare.
Yes Sidney, blogging is no easy work. This is just to note that the six-figure bloggers do it full-time..
Karla, KK should have a merienda session with the rest of the bloggers if only to spread the joy, di bala?!
Batjay, surely I don’t know how the six-figure bloggers do it either but they do keep a number of blogs and earn money from all of them. Besides, as I told Sidney, they do it full-time.
Hi Wil. In my line of work, I don’t think the journalists look down on the bloggers at all (because they’re turning into bloggers too). That’s a misconception:)
hang galing.. maybe i should take blogging seriously?..
Why not Ezra? You’ll make it if you’ll find the magic formula and ehrmmm, the right niche.
yay about krispy kreme! hehe
about the six figure salary… I must be doing something wrong as well haha
I’m wondering when when I’ll also have that 6-figure thing.
For now, I’ll be contented with the KK bloggers merienda session. =)