Comments on: Hyperlocal voices: Warren Free, Tamworth Blog http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2010/10/15/hyperlocal-voices-warren-free-tamworth-blog/ A conversation. Wed, 16 May 2012 16:38:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Peter Demain http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2010/10/15/hyperlocal-voices-warren-free-tamworth-blog/#comment-16892 Peter Demain Sat, 16 Oct 2010 11:47:39 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=10518#comment-16892 Generally speaking it's a matter of perserverance and frequent updating. Quality does come into it, but to an extent you need to publicize a website. Here's a nice laconic list of pointers I lifted off Google: http://ezinearticles.com/?16-Ways-to-Drive-Traffic-to-Your-Blog&id=22928 Don't get too fixated on time intensive reportage for events that would be covered anyway. I once read a comment from a guy who worked on the scrolling text bar on Sky News: The amount of pressure to get stuff on that bar a whole 30 seconds ahead of News 24 or international networks was both unnecessary and idiotic - how many people maniacally switch between channels to observe such bars getting altered as each day wears on? A lot of renowned news takes time to collate; there is a firm correlation between acclaimed investigative stories as detailed in books like <i>Tell Me No Lies</i> and lengthiness, patience, and a slog similar in exhaustive length to Ron Jeremy's CV. Pete, editor at <a href="http://www.dirtygarnet.com/" rel="nofollow">Dirty Garnet</a>. Generally speaking it’s a matter of perserverance and frequent updating. Quality does come into it, but to an extent you need to publicize a website. Here’s a nice laconic list of pointers I lifted off Google: http://ezinearticles.com/?16-Ways-to-Drive-Traffic-to-Your-Blog&id=22928

Don’t get too fixated on time intensive reportage for events that would be covered anyway. I once read a comment from a guy who worked on the scrolling text bar on Sky News: The amount of pressure to get stuff on that bar a whole 30 seconds ahead of News 24 or international networks was both unnecessary and idiotic – how many people maniacally switch between channels to observe such bars getting altered as each day wears on?

A lot of renowned news takes time to collate; there is a firm correlation between acclaimed investigative stories as detailed in books like Tell Me No Lies and lengthiness, patience, and a slog similar in exhaustive length to Ron Jeremy’s CV.

Pete, editor at Dirty Garnet.

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