Online Journalism

Class: great discussion today about the demands of the online news cycle and social networking strategy.
To make up for lost snow time, there are five readings at right to prepare for class next week.  You only need to peruse the first one, the Mashable “Guide to Twitter.”  It’s a good resource if you’re totally new [...]

Class: before next week, read the two articles linked in weekly readings at right: Andrew Sullivan’s excellent, passionate argument in favor of blogging, and this journalist’s guide to search engine optimization.
For the weekly blogging assignment, due by Friday night, I want you to review your news organization’s use of search engine optimization to make its [...]