Legal Blogging, Like Journalism, is an Act of Hope. Public Responds By Our Shining a Light on the Darkness
Journalism is an act of hope. What impels reporters forward is our faith that if we get the story and shine a light in the darkness, the public will respond and change will come.
This from Nicholas Kristof, a New Times reporter, foreign corespondent and columnist of forty years, in his book, Chasing Hope.
I couldn’t help but think of legal bloggers when reading this in the opening line of Kristof’s book.
Legal blogging is about hope. Blogging lawyers hope and expect to connect with people. Connect for good.
Armed with better knowledge of the law and knowing who the better lawyers are, we have faith the public will respond and change will come.
The Internet is largely a giant trash heap of content on the law. Running a consumer law search to see what Google Overviews (AI generated answers) delivered, I found nothing but junk.
Content not from knowledgeable lawyers but from marketing professionals, with “professional” being a stretch, linked to websites and blogs written by marketing professionals with no expertise in the law.
Blogging lawyers gather legal information, whether from primary law, journals, news, blogs or other resources and blog by synthesizing this news, adding our insight.
As the journalists Kristof describes, we hope the public – consumer, small business person or in-house counsel – will respond and change will come, armed with their newly gained knowledge of the law.
We also rightfully hope that by shining a light in the darkness the public will respond by selecting the most knowledgeable, experienced and caring lawyers – many of whom are blogging.