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4 years ago
in British blogs: mass medium or elite opinion-leading? on Martin Stabe
Hits through being linked by Channel 4 - about six.
Hits through being linked by the Guardian's Newsblog - about twenty.
Hits via being shortlisted for the Guardian's weblog awards - about twenty extra a day for about a week.
Hits via being linked by Instapundit - about nine hundred one day, five hundred the day after, two hundred the day after that.
Make of that what you will. But you are almost certainly right that the way blogs (in this country, at least) are likely to have an impact is via extant "opinion-formers" picking up on them - and then usually ripping them off without credit.
Hits through being linked by the Guardian's Newsblog - about twenty.
Hits via being shortlisted for the Guardian's weblog awards - about twenty extra a day for about a week.
Hits via being linked by Instapundit - about nine hundred one day, five hundred the day after, two hundred the day after that.
Make of that what you will. But you are almost certainly right that the way blogs (in this country, at least) are likely to have an impact is via extant "opinion-formers" picking up on them - and then usually ripping them off without credit.
4 years ago
in Two wasted years on Martin Stabe
Just noticed this - somewhat odd - you started just one day after me... Then again, I didn't post much (at all) for the first 18 months, and there are over 6 million blogs in the world, so I suppose it's not actually that amazing...
4 years ago
in Apply to be a Today programme blogger on Martin Stabe
Hmmm... they all seem to be doing this - the Times is after free labour and all, and there are a couple of others to boot.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1-15109...
I guess this is what happens when you slice editorial budgets...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1-15109...
I guess this is what happens when you slice editorial budgets...
4 years ago
in UK views dominate EU memes | Martin Stabe on Martin Stabe
Yep. Sounds pretty much spot on to me - I'll occasionally read some French newspapers and blogs, but my language skills are shaky at best. It's hard to keep track of what's going on in all those many places where I can't understand the language. And while I'm moaning about not being able to read things, why the hell does the FT have to have a subscription site? Cursed people doing things for money... It seems to have a lot of useful things to add to the EU debate, but I never get a chance to read 'em.
Good spot.
Good spot.
4 years ago
in Are blogs the new clips? | Martin Stabe on Martin Stabe
I've been pondering this myself recently. I'm thinking of applying for a new dayjob on another magazine - do I include the blog on my CV or not?
Plus points:
The blog's gone down fairly well since I started it, and has got some recognition from respectable mainstream sources.
I've written some good pieces for it, even though they are never really planned, and usually spur-of-the-moment first drafts.
Minus points:
Via my Blogger profile they can see my other blog, full of swearing and offensiveness, where I let off steam.
I've written some utter rubbish on my main blog as well.
The unplanned nature of most of my posts means that there are usually flaws which, in professional writing, I would have edited out before submitting.
The fact that I post at all times of the day would immediately suggest to any potential employer that I don't devote my entire working day to my job.
In short: tricky...
Plus points:
The blog's gone down fairly well since I started it, and has got some recognition from respectable mainstream sources.
I've written some good pieces for it, even though they are never really planned, and usually spur-of-the-moment first drafts.
Minus points:
Via my Blogger profile they can see my other blog, full of swearing and offensiveness, where I let off steam.
I've written some utter rubbish on my main blog as well.
The unplanned nature of most of my posts means that there are usually flaws which, in professional writing, I would have edited out before submitting.
The fact that I post at all times of the day would immediately suggest to any potential employer that I don't devote my entire working day to my job.
In short: tricky...
