Editing Blog (section)

===Employment===
Employees who blog about elements of their place of employment can begin to affect the reputation of their employer, either in a positive way, if the employee is praising the employer and its workplaces, or in a negative way, if the blogger is making negative comments about the company or its practices.

In general, attempts by employee bloggers to protect themselves by maintaining anonymity have proved ineffective.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/catherine_sanderson/2007/04/blogger_beware.html|last=Sanderson
| first=Cathrine|title=Blogger beware!|work=The Guardian|date=April 2, 2007|access-date=April 2, 2007 | location=London}}</ref> In 2009, a controversial and landmark decision by [[David Eady|The Hon. Mr Justice Eady]] refused to grant an order to protect the anonymity of [[Richard Horton (blogger)|Richard Horton]]. Horton was a police officer in the United Kingdom who blogged about his job under the name "NightJack".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article6509677.ece |title=Ruling on NightJack author Richard Horton kills blogger anonymity |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829142604/http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article6509677.ece |archive-date=August 29, 2011}}</ref>

[[Delta Air Lines]] fired [[flight attendant]] [[Ellen Simonetti]] because she posted photographs of herself in uniform on an aeroplane and because of comments posted on her blog "Queen of Sky: Diary of a Flight Attendant" which the employer deemed inappropriate.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3974081.stm|last=Twist|first=Jo|title=US Blogger Fired by her Airline|publisher=BBC News|date=November 3, 2004|access-date=June 5, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2005-09-08-delta-blog_x.htm|title=Delta employee fired for blogging sues airline|work=[[USA Today]]|date=September 8, 2005|access-date=June 5, 2008}}</ref> This case highlighted the issue of personal blogging and freedom of expression versus employer rights and responsibilities, and so it received wide media attention. Simonetti took legal action against the airline for "wrongful termination, defamation of character and lost future wages".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/03/airline_blogger_sacked/|title=Queen of the Sky gets marching orders|website=The Register|date=November 3, 2004|access-date=June 5, 2008}}</ref> The suit was postponed while Delta was in bankruptcy proceedings.<ref>{{cite web|title=Twelfth Omnibus Claims Objection|url=http://themarketingheaven.com/Twelfth_OmnibusClaimsObjection.pdf|access-date=July 8, 2014}}</ref>

In early 2006, Erik Ringmar, a senior lecturer at the [[London School of Economics]], was ordered by the convenor of his department to "take down and destroy" his blog in which he discussed the quality of education at the school.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,1766663,00.html|newspaper=The Guardian|title=Lecturer's Blog Sparks Free Speech Row|date=May 3, 2006|access-date=June 5, 2008|location=London|first=Donald|last=MacLeod|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612093856/http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0%2C%2C1766663%2C00.html|archive-date=June 12, 2008|url-status=dead}} See also {{cite web |url=http://ringmar.net/forgethefootnotes/ |title=Forget the Footnotes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060413192035/http://ringmar.net/forgethefootnotes/ |archive-date=April 13, 2006 }}</ref>

Mark Jen was terminated in 2005 after 10 days of employment as an assistant product manager at Google for discussing corporate secrets on his personal blog, then called 99zeros and hosted on the Google-owned [[Blogger.com|Blogger]] service.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.cnet.com/Google-blogger-has-left-the-building/2100-1038_3-5567863.html| last=Hansen|first=Evan|publisher=CNET News|title=Google blogger has left the building|date=February 8, 2005|access-date=April 4, 2007}}</ref> He blogged about unreleased products and company finances a week before the company's earnings announcement. He was fired two days after he complied with his employer's request to remove the sensitive material from his blog.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.plaxoed.com/2005/02/11/the-official-story-straight-from-the-source/ |title=Plaxoed! » the official story, straight from the source &#91;Mark Jen's life @ Plaxo&#93; |access-date=September 10, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725003614/http://blog.plaxoed.com/2005/02/11/the-official-story-straight-from-the-source |archive-date=July 25, 2008 }}</ref>

In India, blogger Gaurav Sabnis resigned from [[IBM]] after his posts questioned the claims made by a management school.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=152721 |title=Bloggers join hands against B-school |work=The Indian Express |access-date=January 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051214164021/http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=152721 |archive-date=December 14, 2005 }}</ref> [[Jessica Cutler]], aka "The Washingtonienne", blogged about her sex life while employed as a congressional assistant. After the blog was discovered and she was fired,<ref>
{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48909-2004May22.html|title=The Hill's Sex Diarist Reveals All (Well, Some)|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=May 23, 2004|access-date=June 5, 2008}}</ref> she wrote a novel based on her experiences and blog: ''The Washingtonienne: A Novel''. {{as of|2006}}, Cutler is being sued by one of her former lovers in a case that could establish the extent to which bloggers are obligated to protect the privacy of their real life associates.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna16366256|title= Steamy D.C. Sex Blog Scandal Heads to Court| publisher=NBC News| date=December 27, 2006 | access-date=June 5, 2008 }}</ref>

Catherine Sanderson, a.k.a. [[Petite Anglaise]], lost her job in Paris at a British accountancy firm because of blogging.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/07/19/france.blog/index.html?section=cnn_tech
| title=Bridget Jones Blogger Fire Fury |publisher=[[CNN]]|date=July 19, 2006|access-date=June 5, 2008}}</ref> Although given in the blog in a fairly anonymous manner, some of the descriptions of the firm and some of its people were less than flattering. Sanderson later won a compensation claim case against the British firm, however.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/Technology/Sacked-petite-anglaise-blogger-wins-compensation-claim/2007/03/31/1174761793390.html |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | title=Sacked 'petite anglaise' blogger wins compensation claim|date=March 31, 2007|access-date=February 6, 2015}}</ref>

On the other hand, [[Penelope Trunk]] wrote an upbeat article in ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' in 2006, entitled "Blogs 'essential' to a good career".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2006/04/16/blogs_essential_to_a_good_career/ |title= Blogs 'essential' to a good career|work=The Boston Globe |date=April 16, 2006 |access-date=April 21, 2013 |first=Penelope |last=Trunk}}</ref> She was one of the first journalists to point out that a large portion of bloggers are professionals and that a well-written blog can help attract employers.

====Business owners====
Business owners who blog about their business can also run into legal consequences. [[Mark Cuban]], owner of the [[Dallas Mavericks]], was fined during the 2006 [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] playoffs for criticizing NBA officials on the court and in his blog.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/playoffs2006/news/story?id=2440355|publisher=ESPN|title=NBA fines Cuban $200K for antics on, off court|date=May 11, 2006|access-date=June 5, 2008}}</ref>