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.
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)
Aw, shucks.
Thanks, guys. 🙂
Really flattered, guys, but surely @arusbridger should be top journo twitterer for his pivotal use of the medium during the Trafigura affair?
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