There are hundreds of people around the UK who are a dab hand at covering the world of media on their blogs and on twitter, and so it has been a difficult task drawing up lists of our personal favourites. But we have done some list-whittling and each present our five favourite bloggers and five favourite tweeters.
Please add your own in the comments below, or via Twitter to @journalismnews.
Our top five journalism blogs and tweeters of 2010
As chosen by John Thompson, founder, Journalism.co.uk:
Best blogs:
Nieman Lab
10,000 words
Virtual Economics
The Media Blog
Wannabe Hacks – for the initiative shown
Best on Twitter:
@malcolmcoles, @currybet, @psmith, @joshhalliday, @suellewellyn
As chosen by Laura Oliver, editor, Journalism.co.uk:
Best blogs:
Currybet – Martin Belam
Headlines and Deadlines – Alison Gow
David Higgerson
Ed Walker
Feverbee
Best on Twitter:
Special mentions for their recent WikiLeaks twitter coverage: @aleximostrous, @fieldproducer, @newsbrooke. And for tweeting about being shot during Thailand’s Red Shirt protests: @andrewbuncombe
As chosen by Joel Gunter, sub-editor, Journalism.co.uk:
Best blogs:
Currybet – Martin Belam
After Deadline – New York Times
Pressthink – Jay Rosen
Headlines and Deadlines – Alison Gow
Malcolm Coles
Best on Twitter:
@sashers – for her formidable live tweeting
@aleximostrous – for his Twitter WikiLeaks coverage
@substuff – for hilarious insights into the world of consumer magazine subbing
@guardianstyle – for running an on-demand style guide on Twitter
@wannabehacks – just missed the blog category but deserve a mention for hard graft and good content
