Blogging For Journalists / from SreeTips.com

[There’s still room for this workshop. Sign up here: http://snurl.com/columbiaworkshops] 

 
AGENDA FOR Nov. 15, 2007  WORKSHOP AT COLUMBIA: Blogging for Journalists & Writers 

Registration: setting up your laptop, connecting to network, etc.

6:00: Welcome, Jane Folpe, Columbia J-school Professional Education
6:05: Sree Sreenivasan introduces program

6:05-7:15:
UNDERSTANDING BLOGS 

• Blog basics and stats, state of the blogosphere
• Blog tour - a look at interesting blogs 
• Meet a Blogstar - Brian Stelter of TV Decoder & formerly of TVNewswer - a discussion with a blog pioneer
  

7:15-7:45 pm:
YOUR TURN

• Quick blog exercise
  
• The big difference: Change of pace and rhythm
  
• Coming up with an idea
• What are you going to say?
  
• Who are your readers?
  
• Blog software options

7:45-8 pm: Break

8-8:45 pm:
THE BUSINESS SIDE

• Studying Stats
• Building traffic
• Making money

8:45-9:40 pm:
LET’S BLOG

• Time to work on your blog idea
  
• Those not creating a blog watch others to see the process or discuss their own ideas with Sree

9:40-10 pm
TYING IT ALL TOGETHER & NEXT STEPS

• Next Steps
• Q&A
• Feedback

-fin-

This four-hour "Blogging For Journalists" session is a new type of workshop by Sree - see the others at SreeTips.com. The first edition was at Columbia, Wed., May 10, 2006, with Peter Rojas of engadget as our blogstar guest - we had more than 70 attendees, with some as far away as DC and Atlanta. The second edition was at Columbia, Tues, June 13, 2006, with Jen Chung of Gothamist as our blogstar guest - we had 100+ attendees.   Watch for more events or let sree@sree.net know if you want to schedule a similar session for you group.

Comment from attendee Phelps Hawkins of Mission Media: "It was an excellent workshop, utterly worth our time, money, and effort, with wonderful refreshments, in a lovely setting, and a terrific, knowledgeable host/guide."
E-mail: sree@sree.net

AGENDA FOR BLOGGING WORKSHOP
5:15 p.m. - Registration + optional: setting up your laptop, connecting to WiFi, etc.
6:05 p.m. - Welcome: Alice Pifer, director of professional development
6:10 p.m. - Sree Sreenivasan introduces program

UNDERSTANDING BLOGS 

• Blog basics and stats, state of the blogosphere
• Meet a Blogstar - Jen Chung of Gothamist.com
  
• Blog tour - a look at interesting blogs

7:20 p.m.
YOUR TURN

• Quick blog exercise
• The big difference: Change of pace and rhythm
• Coming up with an idea
• What are you going to say?
• Who are your readers?
• Blog software options

8:30 p.m.
LET’S BLOG

• Time to work on your blog idea
  Volunteer helpers will be on hand to work with small groups
  Those not creating a blog watch others to see the process or discuss their own ideas with Sree

9:35 p.m.
TYING IT ALL TOGETHER & NEXT STEPS

• Building traffic
• Making money
• Next steps
• Q&A
• Feedback

Ends at 10 p.m.