Bob Stepno’s Blogsome-WordPress Blog

September 29, 2006

Old, new, borrowed & blue links on “former ‘audience’” roles

Filed under: blogging, journalism, newspapers, journalism school, citizen journalism, software

Students in my online journalism class may find these links handy in upcoming discussions: 

Guide to Citizen Journalism (Mark Glaser, PBS) 

Friendster Patents Social Networking Software :: Corante Media Hub

Social network bibliography

Netscape revived as shared-news site

Journalism.org shares news feed

How teens use Web news (Media Post) 

News from the average Joe (Seattle Times)

"Online newspapers, mercifully, have made TV ‘journalism’ more expendable than ever." — Mike Henderson, U of Washington. Agree?

Should journalists suppress (their) political views? (Newsweek discussion of NPR discussison of  Times reporter’s speech)

White & Nerdy Weird Al music video via YouTube 

Popularity: Judging "hits," "pageviews" or what?

Socialware survey: Web 2.0 "Can’t live without it" sites (Wired News, with reader comments)

 

  

 

 

 

August 18, 2006

WordPress Beginner Resources

Filed under: WordPress, blogging, journalism school, software

WordPress users have plenty of coaching available online, summarized here by "learningnerd": 

Welcome to WordPress.com: Beginner Resources

Her blog’s subtitle is a great one to start a semester: "One nerd’s attempt to teach herself everything — for free."

Visit her Obligatory Hello World Post to find out more about her approach.

August 9, 2006

Too many blogs, too little time

Filed under: blogging, journalism school, software

Nope… I just don’t have time to explore another blog platform right now. It’s enough to keep active with my Other Journalism blog and fall semester preparations.






















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