I've somewhat noticed a lack of direction (not in my life generally, as some of my readers may like to think, naming no names), but in this blog. I know what I want to blog about, and that's everything, but more specifically race and religion, as two issues I'm directly embroiled in.
But do I follow the model of news blogging, where I act as an unwanted commentator on current affairs and topical issues, or do I write about issues at random, following no obvious sequence or order, except that which exists in my own head?
I think this raises interesting questions about new media, I really do. Blogging, as wonderfully democratic as it is, can't help but follow the news industry model, tailored for a global readership with severe attention deficit disorder. So, suppose I do bombard you with stuff on a daily basis, will that stuff have any meaning for you if it is not in key with a global news agenda, which despite being completely random, subsumes all other trains of thought? What, am I dreaming?
Okay, so I don't bombard you with stuff on a daily basis, but give you thoughtful, well researched pieces that follow no agenda but serve to edify, nonetheless. Perhaps even a novel, given to you in blog post instalments over the course of a year. Okay, I know what you're thinking now, and that's exactly what I'm thinking, which is, what the hell am I thinking?
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Blogging, as wonderfully democratic as it is, can't help but follow the news industry model, tailored for a global readership with severe attention deficit disorder.
This is an important point. The only problem is though, I find, that if you become too vague and writing more like its more for a features magazine than a news website, then people don't feel the urgency to check it regularly.
Of course, you can create your own agenda by highlighting current stuff of your interest rather than the mainstream media (obscure pieces of news for example). Or you can use current affairs to unpack and discuss issues you've always wanted to, but in a different way. So its fresh and current, but with its own perspective
I'll use my solution to everything and do a bit of both. Thanks for the advice!
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