Looking for some inspiration and new ways to get involved in online journalism? You can always count on 10,000 Words to help point the way. I hope you recognize some of these leads: Poynter, Spot.us and the Online News Association. I’m looking forward to trying out Carnival of Journalism, Hacks and Hackers, and...
Newspapers are doomed, and they basically have themselves to blame for their sorry state of affairs. Perhaps more alarming, however, is the threat failing newspapers pose to journalism in the United States, and the larger threat to democracy. Robert McChesney and John Nichols lay out the crisis in U.S. media in their book, “The...
Censors got the best of many journalists around the world last year, according to an alarming analysis by Reporters Without Borders reported today on MediaShift: For the first time since the Internet emerged as a tool for public use, there are currently 100 bloggers and cyber-dissidents imprisoned worldwide as a result of posting their...
What kind of year was it for the media? Well, not all bad, according to “After a Year of Ruin, Some Hope,” a media column by David Carr in the New York Times. Some highlights: Bloggers are getting serious, breaking stories and showing that good journalism isn’t the sole domain of “old media” Technology-fueled...
When you’re looking to rejuvenate your blogging routine, a good place to start is one of several tip sheets by social media expert Chris Brogan. “Write Better Blog Posts Today” is his latest post on the subject. Granted, his blog is geared primarily for those most interested in blogging as a marketing tool. However,...
I can always count on 10,000 Words by Mark Luckie to reinforce the blogging lessons my students are learning this term in News Reporting and Photojournalism — post often, check your spelling, add links… So today Luckie has seven reminders for those new to blogging, or those who’ve been at it awhile but may...
One of the biggest challenges that young writers face is simply getting into the habit of writing. In my classes at Linn-Benton Community College, I require my students to start a blog (to see some of the results, look to the right). Why do I do this? Because it forces them to come up...
Most who read this column already know that I’m a fan of Seth Godin. So here’s a unique opportunity to pick up a few tips from one of the masters of marketing and media — an interview on Groundswell by Josh Bernoff. Asked about his daily blogging routine, Godin responded: One reason I encourage...
Social media isn’t just fun for today’s college journalists, it’s essential as they look to expand their skills as well as their portfolio. In a new post on MediaShift, journalism instructor Alfred Hermida shares how students are maximizing the reach and power of social media to do their journalism and build their personal brands...
Where newspapers and other media neglect to cover issues important to readers, bloggers are filling the void, according to a Simon Owens on MediaShift. He chronicles several places where bloggers have taken on a particular topic — politics, crime, land-use planning — and gained a significant following. Why? Because people passionate about those issues...
