Posts Tagged ‘blogging’
2020 Vision: Politics in Wales
This morning our most opinionated editor shares his views on politics in Wales in 2020 with Public Affairs Cymru. Here’s an extra from what he said
What’s the hype about hyperlocal?
As many traditional media outlets struggle with a mix of structural and cyclical challenges, a fairly new – and still relatively small – sector is starting to gain both strength and prominence
…Or not to blog?
Probably the best-known blogger in Britain has announced his retirement. What does this tell us about the way the medium is going?
Let a hundred flowers blossom
The internet is more than just another channel – but for it to add true value to politics, then central party structures need to relax control on how political figures use it
Heledd joins the Editorial Team
I’VE BEEN a fan of WalesHome from day one, and was thrilled when I was first invited to contribute to the site. A website of this calibre was long overdue in Wales, and though there were plenty of high quality blogs, there wasn’t a definitive thought provoking site where people from across the political spectrum [...]
Online lessons from another age
We hear a lot about silver surfers getting used to email, but the modern internet is something that older working people have to grapple with, too. Here’s one account from someone who was forced into it, and what she learned
Reflections from Montgomeryshire: my campaign
Our newest Sixth Columnist tells of how she fulfilled her childhood ambition of running for Parliament, contributed to boosting her party – and also to the Portillo moment of the 2010 General Election
Paul Flynn: The Natural Storyteller
Re-elected to Parliament last week, Paul Flynn is arguably Wales’ best known and most independent minded Labour Parliamentarian. Today one of his former researchers celebrates his return to Parliament with a review of his most recent book, The Unusual Suspect
Welsh Blog Round Up, General Election Week 5
IT MAY be taking a liberty but as the results of the results are still an issue, then we’re keeping the weekly blog review going for a bit longer. After all, people may have some very interesting things to say online now, don’t you think? The campaign is history now – let’s not go there [...]
Was this really the social media election?
As we enter the last leg of the General Election, it’s timely to reflect on how this was supposed to be the social media election. But was it really?
Welsh Blog Round Up, General Election Week 4
THIS was the week where the script went out of the window and for a lot of politicians a bit of “replanning” was needed. And for journalists too, if the famed Paxman-Eurfyl is taken as evidence. The encounter generated not one but two articles on this site, and was also picked up on others too [...]
Welsh Blog Round Up, General Election Week 3
NICK CLEGG has continued to make headlines this week, and the Welsh political blogosphere has been obsessing about the Lib Dems in the same way as the UK print media. After all, as Lee Waters points out on the Bevan Foundation blog, we are now in a presidential system where the leaders’ debates are everything. [...]







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