I RECEIVED AN EMAIL IN MY INBOX YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WHICH BROUGHT HOME THE REALITY THAT THIS YEAR HAS FLOWN BY – MY DOMAIN NAME RENEWAL NOTICE.

Since its conception, Rough Review has undergone more identity crises than your typical teenage girl.

Should I cover reviews? Do I have the capacity to start an online magazine? What should I write about? Where do I even begin? How do I do this without looking like I’m copying this? Has everything worth doing with a blog been done before?

All these were questions which have been plaguing me over the past twelve months. With rollercoaster-like numbers of pageviews (sometimes they’re up! and sometimes they’re down) I’ve felt overwhelmed by blogging at times.

Coupled with the crisis-of-faith my twentieth year so kindly bestowed upon me, something had to be done. The whole reason this blog was started was because I wanted to create a place where the writings of young people could published online, hoping one day to expand into something more tangible.

However, after some heavy-duty blog soul searching, if you will, I’ve come to realise that I’d be better off to use my lack of “real world” experience to my advantage and write about what I know, what I’m interested in and what I’m learning about – the ever-changing media world. I realise now that there’s more people in my shoes than I thought, and those perspectives are important.

So, let’s get pro-active – my second year resolutions, my strategic plan for the year ahead, hopes to see Rough Review flourish finally into a beautiful butterfly, a blog which fellow media lovers and students can find a familiar voice and opinion on. More interviews, more investigative features instead of mere commentary, more insights from those more knowledgeable and more chances for growth.

I hope all my faithful readers, those who have stuck with me through the turbulent blogging year, and those new to my Rough Review will enjoy what comes next

xx

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