hs workshop blogging
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Blog as if journalism depended on it
Because it just might
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First off …• Can you imagine a
world where everyone has their own feed?
• Who are the kickers?
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It’s almost here• Fwix CEO
Darian Shirazi
• Started working for eBay at 14
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Blogging: The New Publishing
• What is a blog?
• Is it this?
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Blogging: The New Publishing• How would you define a blog?
• What blogs to you follow?
• How do you follow them?
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Blogging: The new publishing• What is blogging? Let’s ask the inventor.
• Web logs are journalism. Have they had a big impact? Absolutely. When a big story hits, I don't necessarily trust the professional journalists to tell me what's going on. If I can get the Web logs from the people who were actually involved, I'll take that.
• Web logs have become journalism, and it's much richer. Journalism is a high calling, but it's really no more than points of view on what's taking place. I think the pros are going to use this tech, and they are doing it more and more.
Dave Winer
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Blogging: A new medium?• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Paine
• Patrick Henry
• … were bloggers!
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Personal Journalism• Journalism has always personal.
• It has always had a point of view.
• It has been about information and not corporatization. Dan Gillmor, author
We, the Media
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Blogging 101• Do you blog?
• How?
• What do you want to know?
• Do journalism and blogging go together?
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Do journalism and blogging work together?
• Journalism is a discipline of verification.
• Journalism is about giving voice to the voiceless.
• Journalism is about monitoring the powerful.
Elements of JournalismKovach and Rosenstiel, 2007
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Starting a blog• Jason Kottke
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Blogging: How To1. Get started
1b. Post as frequently as possible
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Blog: How to2a. Link like
crazy
2b. Enable Trackbacks
Link economy
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Blogging: How To
3. Feel Free to Comment on them
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Blogging: How To4. Use Photos
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A caution• Hyperlinking
• Make sure you ask for or have permission
• Creative Commons
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Creative Commons
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Blogging: How To
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Blogging: hot To6. Show, don’t Tell
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Blogging: How To6. Use Categories
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Blogging: How To8. Be Yourself
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Blogging: How To
9. Don’t worry about the audience at first
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Blogging: How To10. Use Widgets
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Blogging: How To10. Have fun!
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Blogging: How to Questions• What other tips do you have?
• Any other tips you’d like?
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Blogs: Success and quality• What makes a blog successful?– Pedigree of author– Quality of writing– Quality of ideas– Linking practices
• Or is it all of the above?
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Blogging and Journalism• What does a journalist blog look like?– http://wiki.cyberjournalist.net/ J Blogs
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Blogging and Journalism• “(My blog has) sparked deeper conversations with my
sources and my readers, who are always telling me things I don’t know. This is interactive journalism.”
– Dan Gillmor
• Characteristics that make any blog worth reading:– voice– focus – real reporting– good writing
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• Be transparent• “We read this for your honesty …”– Wil Wheaton
• Talking to the Audience– More information, not less– Don’t bury contact information
Blogging and Journalism
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