Comments on: So, Should All Journalists Become Bloggers?

By: Giselle Conyette

Giselle Conyette — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:39:41 +0000

Very interesting article on blogging. I’m a business and technical writer in Toronto Ontario. I am a consultant and blogging sounds like a very interesting niche. They say to blog effectively is that you should write in an informative/conversational tone. I love sharing information and having conversations so I believe that I can add value to a company that is looking for bloggers. I hope to set up my own blog very soon, but in the meantime, I keep researching to find new ideas. Thank you for writing this article. It gave me good insight.

By: pyrethrum

pyrethrum — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 03:40:47 +0000

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By: Mark Evans

Mark Evans — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 23:24:48 +0000

I think you may discover many journalist will HAVE to blog as newspapers embrace new media at a time when newsrooms are being shrunk to deal with declining ad revenue. Of course, the question is how you motivate someone to blog if they have no passion for it and/or are not getting paid more to do it. The danger is you may end up with blogs that are, at best, alright but come nowhere near the energy of someone who wants to blog.

By: Ian Delaney

Ian Delaney — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 15:52:15 +0000

Something I find very odd and embarrassing is how *bad* many journalist’s blogs are. They are too used to being right all the time, the way that being printed on dead trees can make you feel. As a consequence, a lot of journalist blogs are one-sided, confrontational and aggressive. Like Baron says, they’re different sports.

By: baron

baron — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 07:58:11 +0000

Yah. It looks like a good fit on the surface but these are very different sports. It’s like asking can a golfer become a great baseball player? Maybe. Journalism is writing and blogging is writing but I think it ends there.

I remember reading a story on NYT about journalists and their blogging alter egos. The most successful bloggers had split personalities, with the blog showing a darker and edgier side of their writing.

The best bloggers are also good at marketing and self producing. Hmmm… just had an idea.

By: mathewingram.com/media » Should all journalists be bloggers?

mathewingram.com/media » Should all journalists be bloggers? — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:56:25 +0000

[...] Tony Hung at Deep Jive Interests has a good post on the topic (and no, I’m not linking to him just because he said nice things about me). And one point he makes — which I can’t stress enough — is that in order to have a good blog, you have to really want to do it. Not everyone is going to feel that need. As Tony says: To blog actively, regularly, and in a way that is engaged with its readers and the blogging community-at-large requires a level of commitment that might transcend the definition of a job — particularly if you are doing so in ADDITION to your usual duties. [...]