Virtual Journalsim Summit

I attended the round table in the afternoon during the virtual journalism summit, and I have to admit, I was pretty baffled the whole time.

Coming from a person who works in newspapers right now, I'm understandably a little sad about the state of print journalism right now. Sure, everyone is moving to the Web, but it's a shame that in-depth, print news is going out of style so quickly when so many people still have a passion for it.

That being said, I don't really understand the legitimacy of reporting on what's going on in a virtual world. Perhaps I don't understand the "virtual world" concept in general, but to allow Joe Schmoe to think he's a journalist because he's "reporting" on what's going on in a world that isn't even real -- it just blows my mind.

However, I do think it was cool that so many kids were involved in Club Penguin, writing for their little newspaper...little is an understatement. If I were the editor of the Club Penguin newspaper, I'd be stressed out with 8 million readers.