I recently had the bright idea to email some of my favorite bloggers asking them to take place in a survey about young people and new media. It was going to be in the same vein as Smashing Magazine’s survey of 35 web designers. However I found that on many blogs written by members of the media do not include an email address.
I see a potential conflict in blogging to share your views with the world, but placing a barrier between you and a reader who is looking to contact you. Even if its just a disposable account a free email provider that is checked only once a week.
So I beg you: if you blog be easily accessible for private communication!
Its also discouraging that many of the people trumpeting new media values like transparency are not transparent on their own blog.