Journalism 61

Archive for September 2008

Copy Edit the World

Posted by: cynmccune on: September 26, 2008

I’ve been getting some questions about Copy Edit the World submissions, since your first 10 points worth are due this week.
Here’s how to do it: Please link to the web page with the error (if it’s online) or take a photo of the item (poster, sign, brochure, menu, etc.) and post the photo on your [...]

Podcast links working again

Posted by: cynmccune on: September 5, 2008

I spent a little time at my local Apple store yesterday sorting out the malfunctioning podcast link problem…which does appear to be due to recent changes Apple has made to its iWeb service. Anyway, I’ve updated the links so everything appears to be working just fine now. You’ll find a list of available podcasts for [...]

Bad podcast links

Posted by: cynmccune on: September 2, 2008

I’ve heard from a couple students that the podcast links on this blog’s “PDFs & Podcasts” page are not working. I checked, and you’re right. Those links aren’t working. I suspect it’s due to recent changes to Apple’s dot.mac service, where my podcasts are hosted. I’ll try to resolve the problem this weekend.
In the meantime, [...]

Why we blog

Posted by: cynmccune on: September 1, 2008

Worried that the Internet and bloggers are crowding out newspapers, journalism and real journalists? (Who isn’t!) A recent blog post on reportr.net, titled How blogging creates new opportunities for journalists, offers a different perspective.
In this post, Scott Elliott, an education reporter and blogger with the Dayton Daily News, tells how blogging opened up new [...]


Journalism 61 – Writing for Print, Electronic and Online Media

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