http://bloggingforjournalists.blogsome.com SreeTips.com's tips for journalists who want to blog Sat, 10 May 2008 06:14:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you’re a serious blogger, Lifehacker has a post you’ll want to see. Writing your blog should be a fun way to stretch your mind and stay connected to trends, friends, and the greater world, not another computer task that takes far too long to get done. But that’s exactly what ... http://bloggingforjournalists.blogsome.com/2008/05/10/how-to-10-tools-to-get-blogging-done/ [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 Education6:05: Sree Sreenivasan introduces program 6:05-7:15: UNDERSTANDING BLOGS  Blog basics and stats, state of the ... http://bloggingforjournalists.blogsome.com/2007/10/12/workshop-nov-15-agenda/ From the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University, here’s a useful guide to building and audience on the web - by Daniel J. Cohen and Roy Rosenzweig. In this chapter you will learn about: Defining and reaching your project’s audience(s) Ways to market your site, from individual ... http://bloggingforjournalists.blogsome.com/2007/07/18/raising-traffic-building-your-audience/ Los Angeles Times March 17, 2007 Blogs can top the pressesTalking Points Memo drove the U.S. attorrneys story, proof that Web writers with input from devoted readers can reshape journalism.By Terry McDermott, Times Staff Writer  "Hundreds of people out there send clips and other tips [on various stories]. There ... http://bloggingforjournalists.blogsome.com/2007/03/19/45/ NPR’s "On The Media" interviews Josh Quittner, editor of Business 2.0 about his turning his writers into bloggers:http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/transcripts_110306_d.html    http://bloggingforjournalists.blogsome.com/2006/11/08/articles-business-20s-quittner-on-on-the-media/ This article, by JD Lasica in OJR, is  ancient history (published in 2002!) but really worth a revisit: http://www.ojr.org/ojr/lasica/1032910520.php When do webloggers commit journalism? What do informed amateurs and niche experts bring to the media ecosystem? Should journalists blog?  And should they rely on weblogs as news sources? Should bloggers and ... http://bloggingforjournalists.blogsome.com/2006/10/31/article-when-bloggers-commit-journalism/ Check this out: A word processor created especially for bloggers - WriteToMyBlog.com http://bloggingforjournalists.blogsome.com/2006/10/05/services-writetomyblogcom/ In today’s Editor & Publisher, Emily Sweeney of the Boston Globe & SPJ provides seven tips for developing multimedia skills (she is kind enough to mention this blog - its MSM debut… I have done ZERO marketing/PR, so this is a nice surprise). How to Turn Multimedia Clark Kents Into Superheroes ... http://bloggingforjournalists.blogsome.com/2006/09/04/how-to-turning-multimedia-clark-kents-into-superheroes/ Interesting piece in today’s WSJ about a dilemma faced by many bloggers: You have to keep blogging to raise traffic, but how do you take a vacation?  The Wall Street JournalAugust 31, 2006; Page B1  No Day at the Beach Bloggers Struggle With What to Do About Vacation By ELIZABETH ... http://bloggingforjournalists.blogsome.com/2006/08/31/bloggers-wsj-on-vacation/ Chicago Tribune Aug. 17, 2006 Welcome to the world of blogs Online or in print, good reporting will find an open window By Timothy J. McNulty, Public Editor  Exceprt:  There is no substitute for an investigative reporter examining documents, a writer sitting through a trial or a correspondent witnessing events ... http://bloggingforjournalists.blogsome.com/2006/08/21/article-chitrib-public-editor-on-blogs/