Posted in Blogfired, Blogging, Fired, HR, employment on October 9, 2006 | 51 Comments »
I became interested in creating a definitive list of people who have been fired or disciplined for blogging for two reasons. The first was that I was eliminated from consideration for a job due to this blog, the second was that I was hired to write a story on this topic.Below are the are the [...]
Posted in Blogfired, Journalism on June 28, 2006 | No Comments »
The second interviewee for my piece on fired bloggers, Rob Smith of Gut Rumbles has died.
The other interviewee to pass away was Bob Stambaugh.
It’s always sad when someone dies. For two people to die from one story I wrote is distressing as well. Nothing to learn from what seems to be a coincidence, but odd [...]
Posted in Blogfired on August 30, 2005 | No Comments »
Here are the articles I’ve collected on blogging and the workplace that are still active.
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August Newsday article: “When bosses and blogs collide.”
August Philadelphia Inquirer article: ” Your blog could get you recruited - or fired.” (Asinine registration required.)
July Oakland Tribune article: “Bloggers may face management wrath.”
June Network World article: “Does your company have an official [...]
Posted in Blogfired, Press on August 29, 2005 | No Comments »
Newsday has published a long article on blogfirings called, “When bosses and blogs collide,” by Richard Dalton.
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Posted in Blogfired, Press on August 21, 2005 | No Comments »
The Philadelphia Inquirer has published an article on the employment issues surrounding blogging. They quoted me, though they omitted the name or URL of this blog, CPB and Anoniblog. (Their inclusion would be too much to hope for, I suppose.)
MPR’s Skoler has a point when he accuses me of lacking sound journalistic judgment. Profanity, though? [...]
Posted in Blogfired, Press on July 25, 2005 | No Comments »
An article on blogfirings came out today in the Oakland Tribune called “Bloggers may face management wrath.” The article quoted me extensively and mentioned Morpheme Tales. They managed to botch the URL of this blog, however, and despite asking them to fix it — a very easy thing to do especially online — they did [...]
Posted in Blogfired on July 24, 2005 | 1 Comment »
In June Network World magazine published an article called, “Does your company have an official blogging policy?“
If you have found that one of your employees has already begun writing about your company in a blog and you’re not happy with his take on corporate life, you may well be within your right to pull the [...]
Posted in Blogfired on July 10, 2005 | No Comments »
The Chronicle of Higher Education recently published an article in its “First Person” section called, “Bloggers Need Not Apply.” In it the author warns that if you want a job, don’t blog.
Ironically, the author is publishing his personal opinion and experiences under a pseudonym online. Perhaps, since he’s not publishing in reverse chronological order, he’s [...]
Posted in Blogfired, Press on May 18, 2005 | No Comments »
The Sacramento Bee has published an article on blogging employment policy. I was interviewed for this article. Although I didn’t make it in the story much of the information I provided did, in particular the survey of employers’ actions toward blogging that was created in response to the aborted article on the topic [...]
Posted in Blogfired, Committee to Protect Bloggers, Press on May 7, 2005 | No Comments »
Morpheme Tales is referenced in an article from the National Law Journal. Unfortunately, it is misidentified as The Committee to Protect Bloggers.
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