Comments on: Rights blog stops as rights debate begins http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2009/01/02/rights-blog-stops-as-rights-debate-begins/ The world of politics, policy and public life Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:48:39 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Trevor Cook http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2009/01/02/rights-blog-stops-as-rights-debate-begins/#comment-377 Trevor Cook Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:22:17 +0000 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/bartlett/?p=255#comment-377 Yes Andrew that is exactly what I was hoping to convey in that post. The real benefit of blogging lies largely in our capacity to hear directly from people with some expertise in a field whether it be personal experience, academic study or practical policy work. Blogging that is simply more voices in the 'horse race' approach to politics is not as appealing or important in my view but I don't want to discourage anyone from being a commentator if they want to be but the real transformative bit comes from the value of contributions that we don't get in the media or don't get enough of. Yes Andrew that is exactly what I was hoping to convey in that post. The real benefit of blogging lies largely in our capacity to hear directly from people with some expertise in a field whether it be personal experience, academic study or practical policy work. Blogging that is simply more voices in the ‘horse race’ approach to politics is not as appealing or important in my view but I don’t want to discourage anyone from being a commentator if they want to be but the real transformative bit comes from the value of contributions that we don’t get in the media or don’t get enough of.

]]> By: Charterblog calls it a day http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2009/01/02/rights-blog-stops-as-rights-debate-begins/#comment-376 Charterblog calls it a day Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:13:05 +0000 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/bartlett/?p=255#comment-376 [...] his blog on ice.  However, he does give high praise to the benefits of blogging for academics.  More here. [...]

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