I understand my daily “missing” posts were mentioned (read comments from link)) on 18 Doughty Street
the other night, how every other post I write is on this subject. And yes, jailhouse lawyer is right, it’s true, my traffic has slightly gone down since I started writing them. But I do, nevertheless, feel it is important to continue, and this is the reason why.
Ross Miller, from the National Missing Persons Helpline, has described how crucial publicity is in helping find all missing people in the latest edition of PR Week. He stated that the charity uses the Daily Mirror and the Metro as media partners with much success. Of the people pictured in the appeal slots, 70 per cent of those in the Metro and 65 per cent in the Daily Mirror have been found. That is quite astounding.
I want to continue because I strongly feel that highlighting these desperately sad stories is important for the families who have inexplicably lost someone they love. I believe I am doing the right thing for these families and their tortured souls. And I can tell you that these posts get many hits from all over the world, that for some reason, people are tracking these stories and want to read about these missing young people. Who knows if one day, one of my posts will help make a significant impact in any way in helping assist with the discovery of one of those lost, but not forgotten, young people. That is what I desire most of all.
Thunderdragon also finds my “missing” posts too frequent and says:
“There are hundreds, if not thousands, of missing children out there [as is being ably demonstrated by Ellee Seymour at the moment*] and so to put one (Madeleine McCann) on a pedestal like this is just wrong.
* Although I personally hope she doesn’t keep doing it for too much longer, as I find her politics posts far more interesting.”
But I do take Iain and Thunderdragon’s point on board and will try to ensure I write a couple of daily posts too on news and politics (I have managed on some days, it’s nice to know they have been missed). I’m only too sorry that my work, family commitments and studies do not allow more free time to write two or three other posts a day. I’m never short of ideas, just time.
*Thanks to Welshcakes Limoncello for translating the text from this missing poster about Mellisa Rondan, now 17, who has not been seen since she vanished in Milan in July 2006. The poster states: “The little girl was on a bus with her mother, who got off to do some errands while the girl stayed on to go to her aunt’s. However, she never arrived.”
In memory of those who are still missing.
It is certainly something that needs to be done Ellee, and you are doing it very well indeed. The problem with the meda is that they only pick up on so few of these missing children, and then when they do pick on one to publicise, it just goes on and on and on.
I certainly understand that time constraints cut down on blogging time. I’m just lucky that at the moment I don’t have much that has to be done away from home, as I am working on my MA dissertation at the moment!
I definitely understand why you are doing these posts on the missing children, but I just find your politics posts more immediately interesting.
I admire your determination to continue with these, Ellee and who knows? Maybe one of these posts will be instrumental in finding one of these children one day, as you hope. Publicity is all the families have to hang onto.
You’re the boss, Ellee. I am sure any criticism is supposed to be constructive, but as far as what you decide to blog on, your word is final in my book.
Thanks everyone, the beauty of having your own site is that you can write about what is special to you, but I will try and write on lots more issues too. This will be a lot easier after September when my latest PR assignment deadline will have been met.
What’s wrong with our world?
Your blog, your choice.
Keep it up Ellee, who knows what may come of one. However the whole situation needs regular publicizing, not just one child over and over.
regards
jmb
thank you for doing this
You just do your thing, it’s your blog. And, I think Iain Dale was out of order trying to stipulate the terms and conditions under which you operate your blog.
Jailhouselawyer, yes, I will continue writing on what is important for those familie of missing children. I had a comment and email from Newmania about Iain’s comments the next day, then met my friend Boni who told me she had told Iain oon 18 Doughty Street that she approved of my campaign, and then after reading your comment, I decided to write about it.
I have just seen this link about my “missing” posts on the Daily Mirror blog:
http://forums.mirror.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=23197&highlight=