Some trends on online journalism seem really fun. Even though I think I didn’t do a very good job, I liked my foray into liveblogging. I’d like to learn how to cut audio and video for websites. I’ve embraced Twitter after initially thinking it was dumb.
But other parts of online journalism freak me out, to [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Do I really want to work like that?
Posted in Industry, New Media on September 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The demographics of Politico.com
Posted in Industry, New Media on September 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Politico.com gets mostly old, childless men as visitors to its site. This is mostly the makeup of the congresspeople, aides and reporters that are the site’s target audience, so I would say they are doing a good job on that front.
Politico.com trails washingtonpost.com, cnn.com and nytimes.com in almost every category. However, since the site is [...]
Failure and success with liveblogging
Posted in College Park/UMD, New Media, Student Journalism on September 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So earlier today, I liveblogged UMD’s budget cut town hall meeting in the Hoff Theater. It was a lot harder than I thought it would be and at a certain point, I had to stop because I couldn’t take proper notes. If I had been dedicated solely to liveblogging, I probably could have pulled it [...]
Deadblogging Obama’s Speech at UMD
Posted in New Media on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is a class exercise in live-blogging.
8:52 – Obama on stage. “Good to be back at the University of Maryland,” he says, to cheers. Wishes “The Fridge” and Terps good luck. Says he’ll rub Testudo’s nose before he leaves. Pays homage to local elected officials, Gov. Martin O’Malley, Ben Cardin, Barbara Mikulski, etc. Butchers three [...]
Google can’t find me (search engine optimization)
Posted in New Media, tagged Google, headlines, search engine optimization on September 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t think any of my blog posts really adhere to the search engine optimization rules, mainly because those rules get on my contrary side. “I have to be less creative just so Google can find me?!”
I would probably change my headline “Hill Intrigue vs The Fix” to something like “Hill Intrigue, Hill Intrigue, Hill [...]
