Alison Gow from Headlines and Deadlines.
Tell us about yourself.
I'm a journalist, working in regional newspapers for 20 years. Deputy editor of the Liverpool Daily Post for 2 years before becoming executive editor, digital, for Trinity Mirror Merseyside. Welsh, married, skier, motorcyclist, Dark Tower fanatic. Oh and a blogger.
What is your blog about?
My blog, Headlines and Deadlines, is about the changing newspaper industry, newsgathering using social media tools, and my vague attempts to learn new things.
What's the most interesting thing which has happened as a result of the blog?
Blogging led to me taking part in a UCLan debate alongside Kevin Anderson (Guardian blogs editor) and Robert Peston (BBC) on the economic crisis and the media's role. I wish my bitch of a Maths teacher could have seen it...
Have you learnt anything?
I have learned so much - from fellow bloggers who challenge my ideas with their (better) theories, from seeing how others interact, and from trying out new apps and following others' blogs. It's taught me a lasting lesson about my role as a journalist, and where newspapers really sit in terms of their value. (Hint: it's nowhere near as high as meeja execs would like to think...)
What do you like most about Liverpool?
After 5 years here I still marvel at my luck moving to Liverpool. The waterfront is my favourite place but it's random things like the Superlambanana, St Lukes Church and the optimism of the Saturday queue outside Primark that gladden my heart. And the fact that so many Scousers still believe, on the whole, in the Echo.
What other Liverpool blogs do you read?
Feeling Listless and Liverpool Blogs, Pool of Life, Graham Bandage's Lovely World, Robin's Culture Blog, Vanilla Days (and several other photoblogs) Overheard In Liverpool, ScyfiLove, and the Post & Echo bloggers.
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