Top five UK journalism blogs and Tweeters in 2009 (and who to watch in 2010)
With the proviso that journalism blogs and bloggers come and go, we have selected our own personal favourite journalism bloggers and tweeters. These are our absolute must-reads. We realise this is a somewhat subjective exercise, so please add your own in the comments below, or via Twitter to @journalismnews.
Top five UK journalism blogs and Tweeters of 2009
As chosen by John Thompson, founder, Journalism.co.uk:
Best to follow on Twitter:
@GordonMacmillan, @malcolmcoles, @adamwestbrook, @paulbradshaw, @mikebutcher, @marcreeves
Best blogs:
Malcolm Coles, Jon Slattery, Adam Tinworth, OJB, Adam Westbrook (pictured below, left to right)
As chosen by Laura Oliver, editor, Journalism.co.uk:
Best to follow on Twitter:
@georgehopkin, @nigelbarlow, @MrRickWaghorn, @gordonmacmillan, @psmith
Best blogs:
Sarah Hartley, Alison Gow, Adam Tinworth, Martin Belam, Jon Slattery (pictured below, left to right)
As chosen by Judith Townend, senior reporter, Journalism.co.uk:
Best to follow on Twitter:
@gingerelvis, @samshepherd, @badjournalism, @jowadsworth, @digidickinson
Best blogs:
Jon Slattery, Martin Moore, Charlie Beckett, The Media Blog, Sarah Hartley (pictured below, left to right)
As chosen by the Journalism.co.uk team:
Five blogs to watch in 2010
- The Media Blog: Fairly new on the blogging scene and quick off the mark.
- Psmithjournalist.com: the former paidContent reporter has gone freelance. Watch this site.
- Angry People in Local Newspapers: very funny and simply done.
- Marc Reeves: former Birmingham Post editor, with new projects on the go.
- Hannah Waldram: recently trained at Cardiff; experimenting with hyperlocal news and online technology.
Five Tweeters to watch in 2010
- @timesjoanna, for her excellent social media and online journalism links.
- @michaelhaddon, former City student with an interest in political online media; now working at Dow Jones.
- @joshhalliday, at the centre of the UK student journalist blogging conversation; lots to look at on his own blog.
- @coneee, the NUJ’s first full-time blogger member, currently completing an MA at City University.
- @marcreeves, for the latest on what the former regional editor is up to.
January 8th, 2010 at 1:04 pm
Other journalists to follow on Twitter:
@EveningNews (you’ll be interested even if you don’t even know where Norwich is)
@womaninblack (witty look at journalism and family life)
@jonmwelch (good chap, despite being an Ipswich Town fan)
January 8th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Aw, shucks.
Thanks, guys.
January 9th, 2010 at 12:44 am
Really flattered, guys, but surely @arusbridger should be top journo twitterer for his pivotal use of the medium during the Trafigura affair?
January 12th, 2010 at 12:55 pm
Thanks to……
Just a quick thank you to John & Laura of journalism.co.uk for mentioning me as one of their journalism bloggers of 2009. Also, Neil Perkin of Only Dead Fish has nominated my Death of the News Package post for Post of……
June 19th, 2010 at 3:46 am
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