Journalists
Posts about journalists and the way they work.
It's RBI's Charity Blogging Day Paid Members Public
And here’s a selection of cheery journo-bloggers at work:
Work in Progress 3: Three Types of Journalist Blogs Paid Members Public
Here’s the third in my series of guidance documents for journalists, hoping to ease their transition into the blogosphere. As ever, it’s posted here for advice, criticism or mockery… -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Expert Comment Many journalists assume that blogging is just a form of opinion writing. And it certainly can
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
Work in Progress 2: Joining The Conversation Paid Members Public
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
Authority is a Social Construct, Not An Objective One Paid Members Public
I’d just like to draw people’s 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_
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
Work in Progress: Types of Blog Post Paid Members Public
Types of Blog Post (and how to create them) The Link Post Blogs originated as weblogs or logs of people’s 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.
Comments Closed: A First Paid Members Public
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