Hello, good evening and welcome…
Posted by Simon Harper on July 3, 2008
Yes indeed, welcome to Safety in Numbers. This will exist as a place for much soul-searching, philosophising and offering of/begging for advice about the possibilities for making money from online journalism, and other related matters.
If you’ve stumbled across this blog and have no idea who I am (and trust me, the ‘About’ section won’t fill in many of the blanks) – I’m a freelance journalist specialising in writing about the creative industries in the West Midlands. This consists mostly of writing about music and comedy. I’m also currently studying on the MA Media Enterprise course at Birmingham City University, and as part of a project for this course I’m going to be launching the next stage of my (foiled, thus far) plan for world domination. This venture – and a very large reason for setting up this blog – is called Cul-de-Sac, a webzine about music in the West Midlands, produced by people in the West Midlands. Well, mostly me, to start with. I’ll be outlining the grand vision behind this and any other zany schemes at a later date, and will be using this here webspace to lift the lid on my decisions and give the process a transparent feel, which I think is important so that people feel they have ownership of the webzine too, and are an inherent part of its production process. Cul-de-Sac will be online later this summer, and I’ll be adding some thoughts and discussion points here before, during and after its (hopefully not too hazardous) birth.
Allons-y!
