Tag: blogs
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7 Ways to Optimize Your Blog – Folksonomy.org
These apply to any content-driven site, not just blogs. 7 Ways to Optimize Your Blog – Folksonomy.org
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TechCrunch gets eaten alive at the ONA
Apparently, I missed all the fun when I decided to skip the Online News Association conference in DC last week. TechCrunch author/editor/owner Mike Arrington showed up for a panel talk with Jeff Jarvis of BuzzMachine, Mike Davidson of Newsvine, and Adam Yamaguchi of Current. Sounds like a good plan, right? A tech blogger, a media…
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Ten WordPress plugins that make this look easy
In honor of Daniel’s Blogger break-up, here are 10 WordPress plugins I use and recommend: Ultimate Tag Warrior: Does a lot more than build that ugly/hot/buzzwordy tag cloud over on the right, it gives search engines a leg up on knowing what you’re writing about, which makes it easier for people to find you. Then,…
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How to Turn Multimedia Clark Kents Into Superheroes
Good tips on how to get *started* as a Webbish reporter. There’s lots more that comes after this. How to Turn Multimedia Clark Kents Into Superheroes
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mediabistro.com: Scooped by a Source
How to interview a blogger without getting scooped on your story. This works better if you play the “actually, I’m a blogger myself” card. mediabistro.com: Scooped by a Source
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Media and Society (MCOM 72): The Blog
They’re multiplying. SJSU JMC class blogs. I like the looks of this one… Godin and Weinberger in the blogroll – that’s a clueful sign. Media and Society (MCOM 72): The Blog
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New campus media blog
Check out CampusByline, a new blog tracking student media across the country. “I think that students can do top-notch journalism (I’ve witnessed it) and I believe that there’s a need to highlight the positive work being done. With that in mind, I wanted to start this blog. It’s going to start out small, at first,…
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The difference between writing for this blog and that newspaper
I don’t get to see the freaking traffic data at the newspaper. Where’s my stats page? I want to hit refresh every 45 seconds. At least at the Daily I had access to that. (Subtle note to self: get hired by the online part of a newspaper just so you can know how many people…
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Dave and Steve are trying to take all the fun out of my job
I’m reluctant to even address the meme for fear it might spread, but to any sort of reporter, the e-mail interview, or worse, sending questions in advance and quoting from a blogged response, is a horrible, horrible thing. They teach us in j-school to get people on the phone whenever possible, and frankly, they’re right.…
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Blog research at the AEJMC convention
For next week’s trick, I’ll be both a reporter and a student at the AEJMC convention. I’m planning on showing up Thursday morning to the citizen journalism session and later in the day for the “What’s Next for Newspapers and for Journalism Education? – A Continuing Discussion” session. Of course, I might want to duck…