The power of blogging...

I feel like a corner has been turned on this blogging lark. Despite having so far recieved only 40 odd hits (although the new hit counter has only been up about a week and therefore has missed most of my posting craze), a post of mine has travelled far and wide across the internet, reaching people from across the globe.

A post of mine was picked by one of my lecturers, Paul Bradshaw, who wrote about it on his blog. His take on the hilariously bad video attracted a great deal of attention from fellow bloggers, prompting comment numbers that my humble site can only dream about. For those who wonder why he did not credit me, I asked him not to, as I have a working relationship with the company involved.

As Bradshaw himself notes, people are now blogging about this video as far away as Hungary and Australia. Meanwhile, comments have been flying around, meaning even more people are being linked to it. Lucas,writing on WordBlog comments: "That was painful to watch. The good news is probably none of their readers did." Unfortunately for the Reading Evening Post he was wrong. I did.

So when I started writing this blog and thought nobody was watching, I was wrong. Whilst my hit count remains dormant, at least my posts are actually proving a success, albeit for other peoples blogs!

How to be an online journalist

Instead of just writing about how I found my latest article I thought that I would actually show you. In my first attempt at vlogging, observe:



And before you ask, yes, the fantastic music is royalty free!

N.B. As Journalism students, we are permitted to use Corbis images provided that we take into consideration the costs of their use in a professional context.

How not to do a vlog!

Nice idea Dave but I can't see your series winning any sports awards in the foreseeable future.

Its not often I make a link so prominent but this is one that just has to be watched, if only to educate the vloggers out there:

Watch it if you dare

Need I say more?

And that was after thirteen attempts...are you brave enough to watch the first attempt?

Must have been a slow news day.

UPDATE: Paul Bradshaw has used my video on his blog and it's proving pretty popular. Take a look.

Do I? Don't I?

I have been deliberating over whether to post this video that Neil Timms and I made during our lesson on Thursday. My reasons for are that:

• We are supposed to


• We've been told that it is very funny


• It shows that I can, at least, work a video camera basically


• It forms the beginning of my video work for the module


• It adds some personality to the blog, and puts a face to a name

My reasons against are:

• It's very silly


• It will waste the time of anyone professional who reads this blog


• It's very silly

Well here it is, I may regret this, but I am posting it. Keep in mind that it is not a serious piece of work, more a satire of our actual roles for the website. Enjoy: