Betsy Devine: Funny ha-ha and/or funny peculiar

Journalist role models come in many shapes–sleek Katherine Hepburn—sleazy Danny DeVito–and the ones I grew up with, who worked at the Daily Planet:

Young wannabe Jimmy Olsen eagerly eavesdrops, as…. a hot tip comes in for Lois Lane, star reporter, while… editor Perry White feels the weight of his responsibility, and… Clark Kent looks so conscientious. How could anyone guess he’s secretly Superman?

Are bloggers journalists? Real-life investigative reporter
Micah Sifry says
bloggers tend to be editors–Perry, not Lois. We look over the stories
from Lois and Jimmy and Clark, then decide which one of them should be
our front page lead.

From another galaxy (says Betsy), we have the Superman/Clark types–blogging journalists, like Micah or Dan Gillmor. May they always find editors eager to pay for their bandwidth–and a handy phone-booth for switching back and forth.

Micah says a bunch more good stuff, and Britt Blaser does some fine slice-and-dicing of Micah, so you should go over and read them.

No,
Micah and Britt don’t say anything about Perry White and Lois Lane and
phone booths–that’s just me. I’m the wise-cracking, gum-snapping
cartoonist with a tiny messy office down the hallway.

Maybe when I grow up, I’ll be Perry White.