The thin line between blooging and journalism

Is there a difference or are the lines blurring(thynks to Andy Dickinson for the link)

Scott Carp writing in Publishing 2.0 poses the following question

the more salient questions is whether the blog platform — which, as a web-native CMS, is more powerfully connected the online content ecosystem — will be used by more journalists. And whether more bloggers will start to do what can fairly be considered journalism. Which of course begs the uber-question of what is journalism.

At its most basic, the reporting may at times be little more than value-added blogging: a story in the news, put in context with a quick Nexis search, and deconstructed.

And it is interesting to see some of the comments

Journalists (of the old school) and blogs will always have an uneasy relationship because as a journalist (of the old school) you are trained to answer every question you raise. You are trained to deliver a sealed unit ringing with authority. Blogs are open ended. They beg questions, they seek to engage in conversation.

Perhaps another thought to be added to this,the distinction at the moment is taht journalists get paid and bloggers generally dont