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Welcome to the womb of The Wyre Forest Agenda. I bet you never released the 'Agenda was a woman? In my old format of the 'Agenda I had a little 'womb' piece on the bottom right menu, but I think nobody noticed. Basically in writing blogs for the 'Agenda I do one of three things (and sometimes a mixture) that happen. Firstly there is 'the search': I look in the usual places like the Shuttle, press releases, Facebook, Twitter, etc. If there is anything on their I find interesting or anything that raised enough interest for me to comment upon, I usually bung it in the womb, do a little digging and see if anything comes of it. Next is 'fodder'. Often, usually looking for something else, I find a photo, a blog, a website etc. of local interest and I pop it in the womb saving it for one of those days when I'm short on finished blogs. If you are a regular 'Agenda blurfer you've probably come across one of these blogs. My favourite being the 'fame' campaign, where the words 'The Wyre Forest Agenda' appear on billboards, signs, and pieces of toast. You'll know the sort of thing when you see it. If you see one of these blogs, I'm either on holiday, planned to spend time with the family on that day, or I'm researching for a biggy'. The biggy', or 'the research' is the next one. Once I have an idea of a blog I will add it to the womb, then I research as much as possible finding all the possible angles to develop my blog. This can take some time, anything from 2 hours to 2 weeks, occasionally more. Since I'm not retired, rich enough not to work, or a teacher, most of my research is 'desk research' although I have been known to attend public meetings once in a while. It also means my 'Agenda time is limited. I like to provide the 'Agenda blurfer with all the sources I found during my research, so they can check up on me, or provide evidence for a rebuttal, or to find something I missed. It is the least I could do, and as long as a consistently keep doing it, perhaps other bloggers, and local online newspapers (especially) will take my lead (fingers crossed). So that's what happens in the womb. It is sort of for my benefit, but if I preach openness and transparency I guess I should practice it. It's sort of like washing my laundry in public, but it's OK, have a look inside the womb... Fodder: Search: Research: |
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