Call yourself a writer? A meme

Published in August 9th, 2009
Posted by Louise in Blogging, Journalism, Media
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Journalist and blogger Linda Jones has tagged me in her meme about writing. I really rate Linda’s writing as well as her business acumen so I’m responding to the challenge (and it’s the perfect excuse to kickstart this sadly neglected blog, too). Which words do you use too much in your writing? I probably swear [...]

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Blogging against disablism

Published in May 1st, 2009
Posted by Louise in Blogging, Issues
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Did you know that one in six people in the UK has a disability of some sort? No? Neither did I until quite recently. It’s a shocking statistic, not so much because of the figure of 17%, but because disability is so underreported that when it does make the press people’s life stories become stereotyped [...]

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When hacks get sacked for blogging

Published in September 25th, 2008
Posted by Louise in Blogging, Journalism
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Freelance journalist Nick Clayton got the boot last week for blogging. His firing has attracted a lot of media attention and he’s written up his experience on his own blog. Read and learn what a storm in a teacup it is – not for him but for The Scotsman. No doubt Nick will be keeping [...]

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