Music writer Michael Hann: Music journalism needs more fun

Freelance writer and former music editor of The Guardian, Michael Hann shares an interesting thought about music journalism with Music Journalism Insider: "I’d like to see rather more fun. Rather more acknowledgement that pop music is at heart a fundamentally joyful and ridiculous endeavour. Quite often, I feel like I am being forced to eat my greens by music writing, and denied my dessert. I need to stress I am not saying music writing should serve no social purpose—and evidently generations younger than mine, who rightly are dominating music writing now, want a lot of social purpose to their music writing—just that the balance has swung away from silliness and fun in a way I, speaking only for myself, regret a little".