My First Post!

Hello, My name is Rob Phillips. I'm 26 and I live in the Rochester, NY area. I'm currently engaged; I don't have any kids, I do how ever have 6 cats, 2 dogs a 55 Gallon (African Cichlids) and 29 Gallon (Community Fish) Aquarium. For fun I play bass, and pretend to be a professional photographer. (Below are two of my favorite pictures I have taken.)



This is my first post on my blog. Blogging is something that I disagree because my under graduate degree is in Broadcast Communication and I believe that blogging is to oriented towards writing without verifying facts and sources. (I'm going to do my best to not write without knowing my facts and sources!)


Information I have researched in the past:
With technology growing it's not hard to believe that according to a Reuters.com news article, nearly half of the 1,979 people who responded to the survey said their primary source of news and information is the Internet. The technology movement coincides with the statistic but also adds a level of complexity to the topic “Technology is the greatest thing, and you can't put the genie back in the bottle so we as journalist need to learn how use that technology to help us do our jobs better. To tell stories, to gather facts, and to get our product out to customers; but at the same time this technology has totally blurred what is factual and what is not factual, for most people.” (Kevin Doran, Anchor/Reporter, Managing Editor WROC-TV/FOX Rochester) With bloggers it's hard to tell if your getting the facts, without knowing the topic and following up with other sources for yourself. Even the United State government is going up against questionable blogging with their own “trustworthy” blog site GOVGAB.GOV. “The blogosphere is full of interesting information...But how can you be sure the “facts” you’re getting are legitimate?” (www.pueblo.gsa.gov)

-Rob