Guardian media looking to hire blogger in Edinburgh (fully paid!)

[Kate Ho]

The topic of citizen journalism, old/new media has been a favourite topic of mine this past week after Jeff Ullman mentioned the “death of newspapers” in his talk. To my surprise, the Guardian announced that they are building a blog focused on local media, and for some unknown reason, has chosen Leeds, Edinburgh and Cardiff. Plus, they are advertising for a position of a local blogger! And we’re not just talking about “pay per blog” type of job – but a real job. With money attached. In fact, it’s marked as a 12 month freelance post. I’ve copied the job description verbatim below.

I’m excited. Real excited. Just because it means that I can see whether this idea of citizen journalism really works right on my doorstep. I look forward to seeing how well it works out, and whether it is better than the Edinburgh Evening News; what different content it will bring. [Read more]