VITAMEDIAS
Employers have right to ban blogging: University of Illinois journalism professor Eric Meyer defends the Hartford Courant's decision to order a staff member to stop publishing a Weblog, arguing the Weblog has "the potential to damage his employer's reputation."
In a companion counterpoint essay, blogger and online columnist J.D. Lasica argues against the decision, saying it will send "a chilling effect through the journalistic blogging community."