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Although many news organizations have great writers on staff, many offer little training to reporters who want, or are asked, to blog. In fact, I had no training on blogs at all.
To make up for [...]
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Welcome to the second in a series of posts about beginning blogging for journalists. If you’re new to the series, feel free to view previous posts, including: Getting to know your niche. Want more? View the entire beginning blogging for journalists series.
GET TO KNOW YOUR BLOG - MAKE [...]
After scanning the web this morning, I wonder ‘How do local sites use news judgment to pick which national stories make their top spots on their websites?” Many national sites are playing up the Valentine’s Day shooting at Northern Illinois University, but many local sites have opted not to mention it.
After cooking dinner, I was [...]
After speaking about web tools and blogs in two college classrooms this week, I get the impression that most journalism students still haven’t heard the rumor that blogging will help them find a job.
In one class, only three out of ten had any experience writing a blog. In another, two out of 20+ had blogged.
In [...]
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