Reporter’s notebook: blogging

A postscript to today’s New York Times feature on business travelers and blogging: Thanks a lot, CJR Daily.

Several months ago, CJR blogger Liz Cox Barrett went after a feature I had written about business travelers who write blogs.

I usually take criticism pretty well, but I felt that Barrett hit below the belt a few times too often. Her tone quickly went from skeptical (good) to snarky (not helpful) referring, for example, to my observations as “ground-breaking” when she obviously felt otherwise.

It didn’t help that Barrett misspelled my name in the posting, quietly correcting it only after I pointed out the error.

She ended her rant with the following challenge: “Should a business travel blogger-led revolution eventually come to pass, that might actually be newsworthy.”

I agree, that would be an interesting story. So I suggested it to my editors, and they agreed, too.

The result is today’s piece about business travelers who blog. And it concludes that although road warriors who keep Web journals haven’t experienced a ‘revolution’ akin to their political counterparts, that the times are changing.

My personal belief is that bloggers like Steve Broback, Gary Leff and Mark Ashley are leading the revolution in business travel blogging. They aren’t getting nearly the same amount of media attention. But a revolution is taking place, nonetheless.

Christopher Elliott is the author of Scammed: How to Save Your Money and Find Better Service in a World of Schemes, Swindles, and Shady Deals. Critics have called it “eye-opening” and “inspiring” — it’ll “grab your attention and won’t let go.” Order your copy now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble or iTunes.

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