At a conference of bloggers the weekend, amongst the general loveliness of it all, there seemed to be one or two notions about journalists and journalism that gave me cause to sigh deeply. As someone who has, over the years, worked for, among others, The Daily Star, The Daily Mirror, The Daily Expires, The Sunday […]
My problem with the BiB awards…
On reflection …is how to decide who to vote for. Honest, I look at the categories and so many of them have some of my very favourite bloggers up against each other. And then, never being one for snap decisions (except unwise ones) I click off the page. For example in the New Voices! section, would I […]
What Mystic Meg had for me today
New media breakfast: breaking the rules… or not
Content is not just king, but queen, prince and the rest of the royal family. On Friday I went to my first Fatbuzz New Media Breakfast – entitled Breaking The Rules.Here’s what I learned: The internet has turned traditional ideas of telling the world what you’re up to on its head. In the olden days you had […]
Come to my mental health carnival for blog posts
Later this month I’m hosting a blog carnival and the subject is mental heath. This is not as one wag suggested “where we all mentally get dressed in feathers and visualise with calming mood music dancing down a street”. Although I wouldn’t rule that out if it works. What I’m talking about is mental heath or the […]