Note Pads and Deadlines How Quaint

By: Ashleigh Beddow

There are plenty of rublogs afloat on the internet but it is often difficult for a reader to find a sharp needle in the hay stack. Few lack the zing that Note Pads and Deadlines boasts. Note Pads and Deadlines is an entertaining and fresh blog that cleverly concerns itself with issues that are relevant not only to first year journalism students but rather anyone who reads it. The blog follows four students from Rhodes University as they document their thoughts on issues that impact and concern them. Each post clearly paints a picture students personality and point of view.

The content of the blog ranges from how the students came to choose to study journalism, to well thought out opinions on local and international news and issues. The posts are easily read and understood accompanied by highly attractive, creative headlines and relevant links. The collaborative efforts of all the members enable the reader to engage with the blog and its authors.

The blog layout is craftily set out to match its name along with writing fonts on note pads that give the reader an impression of hand written notes. The blog is unfortunately lacking flair in colour and widgets together with a hefty degree of spelling mistakes within the posts. Once looking past these minor errors Note Pads and Deadlines is an impressive blog that takes the reader on a journey exposing life as seen through the eyes of students.