Blogging
The art and craft of the personal blog — and the business of blogging as part of the creator economy.
Nose to the Grindstone Paid Members Public
Well, I’m back in RBI’s palatial office in sophisticated Sutton, getting on with the job. And, after four days in salubrious Suffolk (and having had a rant or two on here), I’m feeling much more positive about everything. Hopefully, I’ll have some more positive posts about
Blogging is IT, not Journalism? Paid Members Public
If you were to say to me “Adam, old chap, what’s the toughest challenge you face in getting journalists to blog?”, two things would cross my mind. The first is that you have an incredibly mannered way of speaking, and good on you in this age of enforced casualness
Blog Post vrs Magazine Article Paid Members Public
Noodlepie explains how a blog post differs from a magazine article [http://www.noodlepie.com/2007/08/how-a-blog-post.html], using pictures not words. Genius.
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
Blogging Foot and Mouth Paid Members Public
Having taken an rather uninformative side-swipe at the corporate blogging life in my last post, I feel it’s only fair to point out some good stuff that’s been going on, too. Last Friday’s news of an outbreak of foot and mouth [http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/
Forced Corporate Blogging Paid Members Public
You know, whenever things get difficult doing the Web 2.0 thing within a traditional publisher (and I’ve just seen some more journalistic backlash – always fun), I come across something like this (sighted on Adriana’s revamped and rehoused blog [http://www.mediainfluencer.net/2007/08/force-blogging/]) to make
You Don't Start Blogging, You Join In Paid Members Public
The reason clichés become clichés is that clearly articulating ideas in an easily understood manner is actually pretty hard. When people hit on a really good formulation, they tend to stick to it. This has come home to me because I’ve spent the last hour looking at a set
Blogging A Magazine Article Before Print Publications Paid Members Public
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2007/08/timscats.jpg] Now, this [blog post by Tim Relf](http://www.fwi.co.uk/blogs/rural-life/2007/08/my-pet-subject.html) makes me happy. You see, as well as being one of our bloggers, he’s one of our journalists.
