My own blog report
I’ve read (just today, actually) that bloggers blog because they like the sound of their own voice.
Me? I hate the sound of my own voice. I recorded two interviews (Realvideo links) for Newsworld during the election campaign and I still haven’t watched them.
In J-school, the profs liked my script reading. One said I sounded a little like Rex Murphy. I’m sure she meant it in a nice way. On live radio, though, when I volunteered at CKLN, my off-the-cuff delivery wasn’t so great.
But since blogs are a text medium, I guess “voice” is meant in the figurative sense: The distinctive style or manner of expression of an author.
Do I have a distinctive blogging voice? And do I like the sound of it? I guess we’ll find out.
I’ve decided that if I’m going to have any cred as a blogging “expert,” someone who appears on TV or radio and talks about these things, I should actually have a half-decent blog. With daily updates, not monthly ones.