Divestment Watch: Adrian Monck weighs in

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Divestment Watch, the now defunct blog maintained by an RBI employee about our divestment by Reed Elsevier refuses to go quietly into the night.
The latest blogger to mention its abrupt curtailment is Adrian Monck, professor of journalism at City University, and one of my favourite journalism bloggers. He explains exactly what sort of [image a blog like that that abruptly vanishing creates](http://adrianmonck.com/2008/06/the-case-of-the-disappearing-reed-elsevier-blog/).
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Adam is a digital journalism lecturer, trainer and writer. He's been a blogger for over 20 years, a journalist for 30 and teaches audience strategy and engagement at City St George’s, London.

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