Why blog?

Blogger in general has a wide motivated range. The reasons behind me using a blog will differ to others dramatically. It is important to understand that Blogs today have developed hugely and are not just about me, as a journalist, writing and keeping track of events. We have the tools to comment on other people’s blogs as well as make direct links to our own Blogs. By linking different sites or blogs, it ultimately is a way to increase our personal views. This enables us to make reference to Blogs that relate to what we are doing. As young academics, writing a blog is easy and convenient to suit our life styles.

It has been noted that Blogs are focused on multiple subjects, but have an element of personal impacts. This differs from newspapers and allows us to influence our work in a way we desire. Being a young journalists blogging is easy and practical, it also suits my way of life. I am able to blog from my laptop as well as my phone. This brings me onto the subject of "Microblogging"..... Which is the posting of very short entries and, or updates on a blog or social networking site, typically via a mobile phone. The most common form of microblogging is with the commonly known social networking site Twitter. Twitter is free to use and allows anyone around the world to post an update of 140 letters. Simple? Very. Twitter is a new way of communicating, not only are you able to embed images and videos you also can present your update to a live stream. It is also possible for journalists to attach their twitter stream to their Blog, which allows readers to interact and have a constant update of news whenever they so desire.