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This week’s Press Gazette runs a feature on “the leading voices in journo-blogging” and mysteriously finds space for Completetosh*. It’s an honour - indeed, a bewildering surprise - to find this humble parish included alongside an impressive list of folk I enjoy reading myself.

Others include m’collegues Roy Greenslade and Kevin Anderson (with fiance Suw Charman) , Andrew Grant-Adamson, Adrian Monck, Robin Hamman, Richard Sambrook, the anonymous Vickywatch blog, Paul Bradshaw, Seamus McCauley, Shane Richmond, Andy Dickinson and Richard Burton.

Regular readers may be entertained, or nod with weary recognition, at Graham Hollliday’s analysis of this organ’s content.

“In between talking about his woeful experience with a Philips TV, his cat’s weed habit and Swindon Town football club, Neil McIntosh, head of editorial development at Guardian Unlimited, blogs about journalism and new and old media. In 2005 McIntosh famously (well, famous in blogworld) said, “Mainstream media trying to do blogs is like watching a vicar disco dance“.

New readers may wish to click on the links to fully understand what’s being alluded to. No, I wasn’t referring to the Guardian’s blogs when I said that. And no - it’s not really weed. Not that weed.

Later: Robin Hamman correctly calls the whole thing for the cabal it is.

* Traditional blog form following such an honour is to attempt a blog post mixing an air of surprise with bewilderment, seasoned with appropriate self-depreciation. This is to mask some sounds; the popping of corks, the slapping of high-fives, and the scraping of celebratory moonwalks. I be bigginitup, large like, really.


COMMENTS / 5 COMMENTS

I can’t actually find a copy of the Press Gazette to read what Graham wrote so I’m not sure what response is appropriate. Sambrook’s in the same boat.*

(*Ok, I admit it, I’m just thinking off all those links and all that traffic I’m missing out on because the Press Gazette hasn’t put the feature up on it’s website yet. Imagine the joy of being able to email parents, ex-partners, etc a link…)

Robin Hamman added these pithy words on Feb 09 07 at 1:18 pm

It’s amazing what a freelunch can buy Neil. I’m amazed no-one has picked up on the one obvious omission which the editor clearly lopped off by mistake,

http://nujnewmedia.blogspot.com/

Graham added these pithy words on Feb 09 07 at 2:53 pm

No such thing, Graham :) And I think you’re trying to provoke me.

Neil Mc added these pithy words on Feb 09 07 at 3:38 pm

Well, whaddya say to that? Have another bottle on me, all to yourself.

chris added these pithy words on Feb 09 07 at 3:55 pm

Nice one! I guess my offer to be included for the price of a box of twiglets was not accepted :(
Still, there’s always next year and I hope an offer of a box of mars bars might do the trick.

Failing that… I’ll keep on updating the blog with content :)

Leslie Biunder added these pithy words on Feb 11 07 at 12:57 pm

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