Do blogs count as published works?

When I applied for a part-time teaching position at a local college, I was asked to provide a list of my published works. Though I have had some articles published in hard copy, most of my work has been through blogs. Would a blog count as a published work?

Do blogs count as published works?
No. Your work has to go through a publisher in order for it to count as published work.
Reply:I don't believe so. Blogs are just like online diaries or journals. A regular journal wouldn't count as published works so neither would an online one. The college is looking for credibility not online blogging.
Reply:No, a blog is not a published work. If it were, think of all of the MILLIONS of "published authors" there would be out there.


If you're unsure, ask the people you'll be interviewing with and gauge their reaction to your question
Reply:Well, technically, it is a published work, but not in the sense that you're asking. Publishing is actually a very simple term that merely means "To produce/release to the public". Since a blog is online, virtually anybody could get to it if they wanted to.





However, it sounds like what they are asking for are peices of yours that have been printed by an acclaimed publisher with a printing press and the whole nine yards.





Still, if you use the simplified definition, we're all published authors. I like that. But probably for your application, you should stick to what they mean
Reply:Not really. A blog does not undergo editorial review- so it is not really a publication.


It can be used to prove your ability to write - especially if it is quoted by some other source (the more famous the better)


A publication, to be of any use, would have to be in a journal of some repute. Eg. The Lancet once used to be a highly esteemed scientific journal, but that was before they abandoned science and went into politics. Nowadays it counts the same as a publication in the National Lampoon
Reply:Only if you copyright it.