Jason Calacanis, of emerging blogland Weblogs Inc., weighs in with his answer to the question: "What is a Blog?" Or rather he offers a clear statement of what they aren't: "Blogs are not journalism," he blogs.

I’m taking this position for a number of reasons, most of them self-serving, but truth be told I could just as easily sit here and give you ever reason why blogs should be considered part of journalism. Actually, that might be a good exercise so let’s do it....