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# Why Journalists Should Escape Their Desks
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2012/11/why_journalists_should_escape/
- Published: 2012-11-01T20:28:16.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-14T21:27:10.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: Blogging, Journalism, workflows, workstyles

I don’t always practice what I preach. [Yesterday’s post](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2012/10/the%5Fskill%5Fof%5Fshort%5Fsharp%5Fblogging.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com), which mentioned not keeping drafts in your blog platform? I’m guilty. Below is the second oldest draft I have (of eleven in total), in the exact form it was left on the 28th of April 2008 (catch you below for some commentary):

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[ !\[French Lunch\](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/pics/2008/French Lunch-thumb-500x376.jpg)](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/pics/2008/French%20Lunch.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)

\[Graham\](http://www.noodlepie.com)‘s recent post on the Word of Mouth blog bemoaning the \[rise of lunch al desko\](http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/food/2008/04/the\_lost\_art\_of\_lunch.html) reminds me 

Graham’s thesis is that the desk lunch is a result of a too-distant relationship with our food. I’d suggest that it also suggest that we’re far too attached to our desks in an era when technology is liberating us from it. 

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The irony of this one is that this is a subject I believe in *passionately*: journalists are too wedded to their desks, and not out and about in the communities they report for and on enough. Yet, I’ve left that post unwritten for *four years*. 

Shameful. I’ll get to it. It’s on my to-do list. But right now, I’m far too exhausted after a long day running a content strategy workshop for a client, and this post is basically a lazy way of fulfilling my commitment to the #back2blog challenge. 😉