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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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