More Companies Will Hire Bloggers Journalism Insider Predicts

Jim Romanesko says that companies will hire more bloggers like him. The biggest problem is monetizing the online newspapers to pay for the reporting.

If you want to be a full time blogger, here’s his schedule…

Romenesko is dedicated blogger. He rises every day at 5 a.m. and immediately checks his e-mail and bookmarked Web sites for stories of interest. He later steps out to a nearby Starbucks (go figure), and hooks his computer up to a Wi-Fi connection to work from there, reading dozens of newspaper sites and blogs.

He usually heads home from Starbucks in the late afternoon—still posting until dinnertime—and goes to bed by 10 p.m., only to start the entire process all over again seven hours later.

Romenesko insists that he maintains a “real life� outside the blogosphere. “Of course, between postings I do ‘normal’ things—watch TV, read books, newspapers, magazines, go to movies, meet up with friends, dine out.�

Even so, maintaining three daily blogs takes a great deal of time and effort. So much so that he hasn’t taken more than two vacations in the last five years. What’s more, all those daily visits to Starbucks had him drinking 10 cups of coffee a day. Fortunately, he’s kicked the habit, he says, and is now down to three or four cups daily.

“I like being able to spend the day reading newspapers, blogs and other Web sites, and sharing the interesting stories with others,� says Romenesko. “I like the immediate feedback, and I’ve enjoyed getting to know journalists from around the world, via e-mail, over the years.�

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