Citizen Journalism Workshop
As Weblogs continue to evolve as legitimate and respected sources for news information and analysis, BLOGWORLD & NEW MEDIA EXPO, introduces a new Citizen Journalism Workshop, at which I am happy to be speaking.
Traditional news media outlets and bloggers have not always had the best relationship. In fact many bloggers I know, enjoy nothing more than finding the errors made by the mainstream media. And yet traditional media has tried to learn from the blogs, and now most mainstream media outlets have blogs, or have their journalists blogging independently.
So now it’s time for the bloggers to mine the history, tradition and most importantly, the knowledge base of traditional journalists.
The new journalism training certificate workshop AT BLOGWORLD & NEW MEDIA EXPO is for bloggers seeking to deepen and broaden their journalistic skills. This workshop focuses on tools and skills news and information bloggers can use to improve the quality, and impact of their blogs.
Bloggers and new media journalists will learn techniques of traditional journalists, including styles of opinion writing, investigative reporting techniques and fact-sourcing, avoiding legal pitfalls and tips on what makes a post most likely to get one quoted or cited by larger blogs, as well as the mainstream media.
Obviously I'm doing the "avoiding legal pitfalls" part, in a session called "Top 10 Ways to Blog Your Way Into a Lawsuit." which I've billed as a fast paced romp through the legal risks that bloggers might face. As serious as this topic is - I think people's fears cause them to not want to think about the risks - but actually looking at them makes them much easier to prevent. So I've tried to make this session fun and easy to handle.
I hope my blogging friends will sign up for program.
