7 December, 2005

Nick Robinson's New Newslog

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Nick Robinson, political journalist, has returned to BBC from ITV News at the end of August. And now he starts blogging at the BBC News website. Thanks to an eye-catching announcement at the news front page, I could know and find his brand-new blog. (I've seen him many many times on the telly, but don't know much about his background and himself. All I know is that he's a political editor and always reports by the Thames or near the Big Ben. You, and me also, can learn more about him here!)

In the 5th of December's entry, he write about what a good weblog (newsblog) is ilke. It is very interesting.

Because "newsblog" gives us a chance to share our views, it is a very different type of media. He write; "I may also invite you to listen, watch or read something that's particularly interested me." He describes broadcasting as the media which you speak to a vast number of people, but you hardly have a conversation with them.

Therefore, he believes that "a good weblog can really change the relationship between author and reader." After this, he keeps writing, stretching this idea to the relationshop between politician and voter. Well, that's another story here.

As one of the today's bloggers, even though I'm not a serious "news" blogger. I bear in mind what is talked here, having seen my blog which haven't got many comments but have got many spam comments... I don't want poker advertising or Viagra. Piss off.

And what surprised me was the fact that he first started writing Newslog in December 2001. Blog? 4 years ago? He was keeping a daily live diary of things in and around Westminster.

Published on this website, it was a continuation of a column we had started during that year's General Election campaign, in a daily article called The Campaign Today.

I naturally stopped doing Newslog when I went to ITV News to be political editor - it was only polite, really - but ever since I returned to the BBC in September, I've been anxious to start blogging again.

This blog is going to be an entertaining and politically-educational blog. He also hopes that, having seen recent British political movements. Well, the next is about the new leader of the Conservative party?

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