From:
Barry Griffiths
Date:
Mar 17 10:57 UTC
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Nine Lords a-blogging
Unique collaborative blog launched to engage with public
www.lordsoftheblog.net
Lords of the Blog [www.lordsoftheblog.net] is a new collaborative online blog,
launched and written by Members of the House of Lords to increase public
engagement with the work of the Upper House and its Members.
Nine Peers have come together from across the House to make short regular
entries providing an insight into the business of the House of Lords and to
talk about their own activities in and around the Chamber. Members will write
and upload material and moderate user comments themselves.
Find out why Lord Tyler decries the myth of a golden age of political
reporting; Baroness DSouzas definition of a crossbencher and what Lord Norton
has to say about Iain Dales request for nominations for the most fanciable
political journalists.
For the next six months the Hansard Society will evaluate the pilot, capturing
data about the audience of the blog in order to assess its reach and value.
Contributing Members include:
Lord Soley
Lord Norton
Lord Tyler
Lord Lipsey
Lord Dholakia
Baroness DSouza
Lord Teverson
Baroness Young of Hornsey
Baroness Murphy
The pilot is funded by the House of Lords and will run for six months
initially. The blog has been running on a development site since January to
help get the contributing members up to speed. All the posts published during
this test period will be available to read.