In our first week I tried to direct us to two specific things we need to know: the difference between academic writing and journalistic writing and partner profiles.
To that, I add *your very own, personal BLOG* Over the next two weeks we’ll be setting up our own personal blogs and then writing our first posts. Those of you who already have established blogs can continue or start a new blog.
Either way…
“Blog is short for “web log.” They’ve grown in popularity, and you probably already know a lot about them. But before you create your own or continue, I want you to think about what you’re really interested in writing about and to explore some other blogs.
Begin by exploring others’ blogs. You can start by looking at blogs that past journalism students have written. They are linked on the right hand side of my blog. Specifically, I encourage you to visit Charlie Zach’s. He wrote a final post over the summer. Then I encourage you to visit several blogs from writers outside Mariemont. You can do a Google search for “Best blogs of 2016” or go to sites like “The Webby Awards.”
Your goal should be to check out 7-10 different blogs so that you have an idea of the possibilities and to see what others are doing.
Don’t get too anxious about this. Your blog will be your space (school-appropriate) for you to explore your ideas and writing. It will be a fun way to interact with class, and some of you will find a passion and network with a community that is larger than our class.
Don’t worry, not everything you write has to be “golden.” But I look forward to reading some great things this year, and I hope to write a few of my own. Peace, Wiseman
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