Blogging
It's RBI's Charity Blogging Day
And hereās a selection of cheery journo-bloggers at work:
Journalists
Posts about journalists and the way they work.
blog advice
Work in Progress 3: Three Types of Journalist Blogs
Hereās the third in my series of guidance documents for journalists, hoping to ease their transition into the blogosphere. As ever, itās posted here for advice, criticism or mockeryā¦ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Expert Comment Many journalists assume that blogging is just a form of opinion writing. And it certainly can
bloggers
Mainstream Media: Not The Borg
Iāve 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
blog advice
Work in Progress 2: Joining The Conversation
Why should I bother joining in? You should bother, because you respect your readers. This is more important in trade journalism than most other forms of our profession. Our readers are also the people we write about. We are the intruders in their business, not the other way around. And
Blogging
Comments Closed: A First
Today marked a first for our blogging effort here at the brown towers. [We decided to close comments on a post](http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/childrens-services/2007/09/the-dail-mail-and-its-lies-abo.html). The nine days since that post went up have been something of an eye-opener for me. For one
authority
Authority is a Social Construct, Not An Objective One
Iād just like to draw peopleās attention to a really excellent comment Olivier Amprimo [http://www.headshift.com/about/team.cfm] of Headshift [http://www.headshift.com/] left on a earlier post about the relationship between authority, research and blogging: [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2007/09/research_
bloggers
Two Truths About Journalists And Blogging
Two thoughts that have invaded my brain as I work on presentations for some of our journalists: 1. Journalistsā 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
blog advice
Work in Progress: Types of Blog Post
Types of Blog Post (and how to create them) The Link Post Blogs originated as weblogs or logs of peopleās web travels. Each post was just a link with a small bit of commentary, to give the reader an idea of why it was worth visiting the linked site.
Journalism
Retraining Journalists vrs Other Frustrating Tasks
Jeff Jarvis declares that news organisations should be retraining their staff [http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/08/28/retrain-or-retire/] for the new media age. Adam Tinworth, after a year of trying to do just that, pauses to bash his head repeatedly against his desk.
community
Left Hand, Meet Right Handā¦
My, my. Information moves so smoothly around big businessesā¦ I learn from Munir [http://www.thebloggingjournalist.com/2007/08/how-uks-farmers.html] that Isabel, the community editor of one of our titles, Farmers Weekly, features in Press Gazetteās My Week [http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=6&
Blogging
Hacks Don't Care About Blogs
Kristine goes on to share her own experiences: > Friends urged me to start blogging as early as 2001, but back then I felt there was no way I could find time: I was too busy chasing work, chasing deadlines. I regret that now, but am glad I finally got
alexa
Hack-o-rama
Things Iāve been meaning to link for a while: * Dan Blank points out that the lesson of the exposure of Fake Steve Jobs [http://danblank.com/blog/2007/08/09/editors-as-their-own-media-brands/] is that journalists can really inovate, if given the chance. * Scoble gives an idea of the competition and