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Better off blogging?
Thinking of writing your own blog? Want to find useful blogs in your field?
Explore the showcase of different ways in which researchers are using blogs, and try things out for yourself by using the links on the right hand side.
Blog: Academic journal
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Group blog: Ancient World bloggers
This is a collective blog, enabling lots of different researchers to contribute.
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Project blog: Silk Road
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Individual: Film and Media Lecturer
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Microblogging: collating research reports
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Blogging your research
Writing a blogpost is very different to writing an academic journal article. This presentation contains some useful tips on aspects such as style, content, format etc.
Aggregated blogs: The Conversation
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Have a go! Create a blog
There are many different services available which can help you create a blog, web site, or both. Some of them require payment, others offer a free version. This is a very brief list!
- Newcastle University blogging serviceThis enables you to create a WordPress blog hosted on the University's site. You can also search the directory to see who is blogging here.
- TumblrA multimedia blogging service which enables you to post images, videos, MP3 files and more, and follow other people's blogs.
- WeeblyRecommended by a researcher, this is a web page creation site, which includes a blogging feature. Basic version is free, and you can pay for advanced features.
- WordPressWordPress is an easy-to-use system to help you create your blogs.
Explore! Selection of academic blogs
- Academic bloggingArticle about academic blogging which includes links to many blogs (see the comments as well).
- ScilogsSite aggregating research blogs from different scientific disciplines.
Have a go! Find a blog
Learn more! Why blog?
- Blogging as a tool for academic communication and impactArticle from the LSE impact project highlighting reasons why academic researchers should blog.
For other useful articles about blogging in academia, see our web links above. - Is blogging about your research paper worth it?An academic researcher finds out what happens to downloads of her papers when she blogs and tweets about her research.
- Using the 5 Ws to communicate your researchTips from a former sports journalist about how to write up your academic research to appeal to a non-expert audience.