Tag: online journalism

Blogging about blogging

Several interesting blog posts about blogging have appeared in my Google Reader recently. Here are a few that I would recommend:

Security, namely regarding WordPress, has also been a hot topic after MultimediaShooter.com was hacked and put out of business. See two of Pat Thornton‘s posts here (about the hacking) and here (discussing WordPress and security) for a taste of the discussion.

As a side note, if you’re interested in online journalism, blogging, etc., you should subscribe to each of these bloggers — they always provide great insight.

See who else I read by scrolling down to “Journalism Blogs” on the right side of the page.

Weigh in: What’s you favorite blog?

More good advice from Mindy McAdams

A great post from Mindy McAdams:

What every journalism student needs to know (now)

It’s a good summary of the fundamentals and skills student journalists/journalism students should know. The most important thing, as Mindy notes, is storytelling — something that my online journalism professor, Chris Delboni, also emphasizes.

Ricardo Lopez discusses video with online journalism class

Ricard Lopez, a Miami Herald visual journalist, gave a presentation to my online journalism class about video Thursday evening. He was joined by Candace Barbot, a photojournalist convert to video.

Ricardo last spoke at UM during Communication Week, leading one of the new media workshops and participating in the new media panel. Check out advice he and other panelists gave students here.

See examples of his work and be sure to check out Chicken Busters, which is everyone’s favorite.


WeMedia returns to Miami this week

It may not be the most well-known conference, but WeMedia is certainly not an event to be missed for this student journalist.

Take a look at the schedule and a list of participants.

This will be my second WeMedia and, as with last year’s, I am able get in for free with a guest code from the School of Communication, one of the sponsors.

Compared to the regional (SPJ) and national (SPJ and ACP/CMA) conferences I’ve attended, which are great in their own respects, WeMedia is much more cutting-edge.

Let’s look at some highlights of WeMedia 2007:

And how many conferences use (effectively) video players, tags and widgets in their online presence? Have their own social networking site? WeMedia Community

Continuing with my recently established tradition, I plan to liveblog as many of the events I attend as possible.

Will you be there? Drop me line.