Posts under ‘blogging’

Image via Wikipedia It appears the University of Iowa has backed off its interpretation of the NCAA’s STUPID blogging policy.
Iowa’s athletics department statement includes this:
We still have strong concerns and questions about this media phenomenon and the effect it will have on our media partners.
Welcome to the 21st century, folks. Your “media partners” are […]

Via a pingback on a post this afternoon about the OU Daily, it appears there’s another college media aggregation service around, the College Rag. Per the “About” page:
Sure, there are other blogs out there that cover developments in college newspapers.
There’s Innovation in College Media, but it’s narrowly focused. There’s the Next Newsroom Project, but that’s mostly for […]

Image via Wikipedia UPDATE: Adam Hemphill weighs in.
John Robinson points to the latest heavy-handed application of the NCAA’s Blogging Policy.
The Wiz of Odds blog notes:
 Reporters at Kirk Ferentz’s news conference Tuesday were handed a surprise by Iowa officials: A notice detailing conditions and limitations of the NCAA Blogging Policy.
That policy, which also gives the host […]

God, I feel old reading this. But if you’re under 30 and want a place to vent with your peers, feel free to join the Tomorrow’s News, Tomorrow’s Journalists blog ring, which is a little like a group blog and a blog carnival mashup.
If you’re not a young journalist under 30, you can still go […]

Cool graphic of recent writing here:

See the larger graphic here at Wordle.com
via Mark Hamilton
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Image via Wikipedia Hillary Lehman writes about her experiences as incoming managing editor of the Independent Florida Alligator:
… running a student paper is anything but play. In terms of news content, you have the ability to really make a difference. And as anyone who has ever worked at his or her student paper knows, it’s […]

Problogger has a series up now on 31 Days to Building a Better Blog, Plus some tips from readers. Worth a read to get a handle on marketing yourself in the blogosphere.

Image via WikipediaFiled for future reference, this blog post about CNN’s employee blogging policy, from a former employee. Basically, employees can’t comment online on anything CNN might be covering. That’s a pretty wide swath of topics.
The topic of blogging policies (really Internet use policies) comes up occasionally in the college media ranks. Here’s more material […]

Image via WikipediaHoward Owens has a great list of ways reporters can make themselves more valuable and also “take ownership” of their stories.
Go. Now. Read it. Take notes.
Several of these things I’ve talked about often with editors and reporters. And generating your own story ideas was a requirement when I began as a features reporter […]