Lessons Learned from Running a Blog for a Decade
10 years ago, I thought I was starting a 4-month project
I wrote a post today at my education policy blog celebrating 10 years of writing there.
That post got me thinking: What have I learned in 10 years of blogging about the same topic?
When I started the blog, I thought I would be filling in a gap — covering education news at a time when lots of media outlets were reshaping newsrooms and providing less issue specific coverage.
Having worked at the legislature, studied school funding in grad school, and written a book on education policy, I thought I could provide a service people would want.
Lesson 1:
Turns out, I was right.
And that’s the first lesson. Your writing (blogging) should add value. Sure, I write about topics I enjoy.
But I also aim to do so in a way that engages a target audience.
In my case, it is teachers and parents who want to know more about how politics influences education — how what happens in a state legislature filters into classrooms.
Lesson 2:
Keep going.
