bloggers
Mainstream Media: Not The Borg Paid Members Public
I’ve just realised why the comments last night ascribing one monolithic mindset to the traditional media annoyed me so much: > His commenters show the typically depressing blogger mindset of treating us journalists like a monolithic social block that all behave the same way. Yet if any journalist should
Two Truths About Journalists And Blogging Paid Members Public
Two thoughts that have invaded my brain as I work on presentations for some of our journalists: 1. Journalists’ pre-existing reputation, and the inherited reputation from the magazine, are only good for one thing in blogging: getting people to the blog. From then on, the only thing that matters is
Lies, Damn Lies and Web 2.0 Paid Members Public
But the internet’s barely a couple of decades old and the most venerable of the technologies we’re talking about here, blogging, has only a decade of publishing history behind it. People are still finding new ways of creating compelling sites with this stuff. A few years back, “authoritative”
Can Journalists Learn to Listen To Bloggers? Paid Members Public
All this begs the question: should we bother trying to get journalists blogging? Is there a value in it, if they find it hard to move beyond something that sits between traditional journalism and opinion pieces? Can’t we just leave journalists to do traditional journalism and use their work
Whinging West End Theatre Bloggers Interviewed Paid Members Public
The [West End Whingers](http://westendwhingers.wordpress.com/), friends of One Man & His Blog and London’s foremost quasi-alcoholic satirical theatre bloggers have been [interviewed by Londonist](http://londonist.com/2007/08/londonist_inter_19.php):> **What’s with all the whinging? ** > Phil: It’s what we
When The Rain Falls, People Write Paid Members Public
One of the ways that blogging complements traditional news is the way it can give you a real insight into the reality of people’s experience. Take this story of a farm being submerged [http://www.farmingfriends.com/farm-flooded/] by the deluge of the last couple of days, which I
What Is A Blog? Paid Members Public
I’m fighting a losing battle. To me, a blog is a frequently updated website, with a characteristic reverse chronological style and plenty of oppotunities for interaction. It is short for “weblog”. In my day to day work, aiding and abetting blogging journalists, and as I read around blogs in
