Comments on: Niche Blogging http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/03/niche_blogging.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:18:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: berman.43@osu.edu http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2009/03/niche_blogging.html/comment-page-1#comment-44228 berman.43@osu.edu Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:45:25 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2009/03/niche-blogging.html#comment-44228 Given all the media attention given to sex crimes --- not to mention the fact that there are close to 1 million registered sex offenders in the US and perhaps millions more sex crimes every year (most of which are unreported) --- I do not consider your blog, Corey, to involve a "very tiny niche." That said, all you other comments are astute and confirm my impression that legal academics --- especially pre-tenure ones --- are likely better off doing niche-blogging than generic blogging. And, there are plenty of under-blogged topics in the criminal justice world to go around. Given all the media attention given to sex crimes — not to mention the fact that there are close to 1 million registered sex offenders in the US and perhaps millions more sex crimes every year (most of which are unreported) — I do not consider your blog, Corey, to involve a “very tiny niche.”

That said, all you other comments are astute and confirm my impression that legal academics — especially pre-tenure ones — are likely better off doing niche-blogging than generic blogging. And, there are plenty of under-blogged topics in the criminal justice world to go around.

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