Comments on: BBC Blogging Guidelines Nostalgia 2

By: Bookmarks about Tomcoates

Bookmarks about Tomcoates — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:45:26 +0000

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By: Sao Paulo

Sao Paulo — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:48:28 +0000

Well it looks like Nick has already removed one post I made which is interesting wouldn’t you say. He makes out the mighty BBC is stint yet ignores the £400 million it will cost to take Champions League from ITV.

The sooner the BBC TV Licence is scrapped the better. Why the hell should the public be forced to pay for spin doctors like him

By: Ben Metcalfe

Ben Metcalfe — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:10:36 +0000

Well, I think it turned out ok – you guys knew what you were doing. But if draconian stuff was placed into it – like no one from BBC News being allowed to blog to maintain neurtrality (which was being whispered for a while), there would be nothing that I could do to stop that.

The factors that would have made the policy difficult for me to continue to blog would have been put in place by people at a pay grade far higher than I had influence on.

By: nickreynoldsatwork

nickreynoldsatwork — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:26:44 +0000

But if you’d have got involved Ben, it might have been even better!

By: Ben Metcalfe

Ben Metcalfe — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:34:01 +0000

Hmm, it’s funny looking back on it as I continue to this day use the BBC blogging guidelines as a reference point for clients.

However, it’s true that at the time I didn’t engage with it. Like Tom Coates, I had been blogging for some time and I felt comfortable with the ‘personal policies’ I placed upon myself – esp as I was working for BBC News at the time (Tom was in the more libral Music and Radio dept).

My concern was that the policy could be too draconian and then by working with it I’d effectivly’ been ‘bought into the process’ and would have a hard time justifying my ignoring of it.

However, I felt (and still think it was the right move) that if the policy didn’t come out well, I could continue on as I’d done regardless, knowing full well the BBC was unlikely to sack me.

Looking back on it, the policy that came out was good. But I still believe ignoring it and thus not buying into it was the right thing to do.

By: Andrew Bowden

Andrew Bowden — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:51:08 +0000

As one of the people who did contribute something (hopefully useful!) during the process, I was always glad to have some involvement and a chance to put things into practice. Gave me a little ownership in the policy and meant I had confidence that the policy would work.

And I think it has