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May Blogathon attracts 34 writers and counting

Since announcing the 2nd annual WordCount May blogathon last week, no fewer than 34 writers have signed on to take the challenge of posting once a day during the month. I’ve added a few stragglers since the original list went up, so if you’re participating and are running a list of fellow blogathoners on your own blog, you might want to take another peek and add the late comers.

Several freelancers have signed on after having read about the blogathon on Twitter – welcome! It’s not too late to join us. Just leave a comment on this blog or email me at michellerafter (at) comcast (dot) net.

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I sat in on some great discussions of the future of news and the role journalists and bloggers can play in it at the 3rd annual BarCampPortland yesterday at CubeSpace, the shared work environment on S.E. Grand Ave. It was a lively discussion, which I plan to expound on this week. Until then, you can read what John Hill, a journalist who works at The Columbian in Vancouver, Wash., thought about it in his blog post, called How hyper is your local?

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  4. Jackie Dishner says

    Thanks for this, Michelle. I can’t believe there are 34 of us on board! I’m missing a bunch of names. When you get your final list up, will you let me know? I’ll add in the stragglers on my blogroll at BIKE WITH JACKIE. For now, I only have 27 of the 29 in your original list at FLX. One I left off because it was just a Web site–no blog. The other was a bad link.

    Anyway, looking forward to posting once a day, every day in May. So far, I’m golden!

    All my best,
    Jackie

  5. Jessie F. says

    Michelle,

    You should post this as a project on VOIS.com, where there are a ton of freelance writers. This can used as a great marketing tool for you.

    J.