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Departmental blog platforms

When you think of 'official' blogging platforms inside government, the obvious example is the Foreign Office blogs site - headed of course by David Miliband, but featuring some truly remarkable contributions from various global 'hotspots' (Beijing, Kosovo, Zimbabwe). But it's not the only one out there, and it'll soon be joined by others. One which rarely [...] read on »

Another new FCO blogger (ish)

The Foreign Office launched itself into blogging last September, with a couple of ministers and a couple of high-profile ambassadors joining in the fun. Indeed, I note they've been scoring some PR points with it: Jolyon Welsh, FCO's head of 'Public Diplomacy' presented a case study on it at a conference last week. But what [...] read on »