Introducing the role of beatblogger to the UK
I was wondering whether any beatbloggers in this group would be interested in talking about their experiences or giving any advice to potential beatbloggers in the UK. It's not a well established or understood term in the UK so it would be great to have some input from people who have done, or currently do, that job.
There's more about what I'm doing on a blog post here: http://sarahhartley.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/beatblogging-%E2%80%93...
There's more about what I'm doing on a blog post here: http://sarahhartley.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/beatblogging-%E2%80%93...
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Permalink Reply by Patrick Thornton on -
This is the response I left on Sara's blog:
@Sarah,
This is a question I get a lot. Simply having a blog and a beat does not make one a beatblogger. Rather, one most use social media, blogs and other Web tools to collaborate with users online, build a bigger network of sources and interact with users.
I’ve seen plenty of journalists who have blogs that I would never call beatbloggers. If you act in an old media, one-way communication way, you’re not a beatblogger. A good beatblogger greatly expands his network of sources by being social on the Web. That’s the key of beatblogging.
There are so many opportunities for us to produce better journalism and build bigger networks of sources utilizing beatblogging principles. One more point: one does not have to have a blog per se to be a beatblogger. Using social media and being social on the Web would be enough.
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