As a recent journalism graduate, one might assume that I have been tending to a well groomed, sustained, and flourishing blog throughout my degree. This assumption is wrong. Sadly I have lost count of the number of blogs I have created, and then let wither in cyberspace as my ideas stay firmly planted inside my brain.
On reflection, I believe there were three significant reasons why my blogging attempts failed:
- Why would anyone want to read what I've got to say? A word shy journalist is an impossible oxymoron. A bit like an actress with stage fright, or a surgeon with a fear of blood.
- Existing bloggers are irritating and smug. If you are an existing blogger reading this, please do not take offence. I am merely a touch jealous of your ability to persist with such a venture.
- Where's my niche? I have read many blogs about how to write a blog. They all talk about 'niches.' However, the problem these days is that most 'niches' are now no longer niches, because they have been snapped up by a blogger who got there four years before you did.
And so, why start blogging now?
I am stuck in the midst of graduate life, unemployed, and creatively frustrated. Pathetic reasons not to blog aside, I am joining the masses. I want to be a journalist, so it's about time I start acting like one.
Almighty blogosphere TAKE ME!
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