The Buzz

Burnett's Urban Etiquette: Terry Saves the Day

2006-08-23T01:42:00.000-07:00

Want a glimpse at Indy nightlife during the conference? Wasn't much.

Then we met Terry.

Check Burnett's entry at Urban Etiquette entitled "Terry Saves the Day."

Some Numbers...

2006-08-23T01:19:00.000-07:00

I needed some time to recoup from the convention, but I'm glad to report that the workshop was a success.

More than 60 people showed up to the hour and 45-minute session, which touched on everything from exposing personal blogs to the legal issues surrounding reader-generated blogs.

10% of the attendees blogged during the workshop. Live from Indy. You can read them below, if you haven't already.

Turns out this blogging "thing" has got journalists talking. And visiting.

So far this blog has had 450 visits, and 1153 total page views. Not bad for a temporary blog focused on a NABJ convention workshop.

That said, we could not have achieved such a useful session without the help of our panelists, attendees, online visitors, employers, and NABJ officials.

Thank you.

But we're not done. In fact, we're at a crossroads. This discussion -- about blogging, and integrating multimedia tools into traditional journalism -- needs to happen in every newsroom. More on that later.

For now, check out some of the coverage we received this past week.

NABJ online reporter Darren Sands wrote this about the workshop :

Detroit Free Press columnist Kelley Carter didn’t know that her editors knew about her blog. Imagine her surprise when they wanted to talk about what they had read.

And how they loved it.

Carter was a panelist on The Blogger Buzz workshop, moderated by Miami Herald features reporter James Burnett III. Panelists discussed how newspapers use blogs to interact with readers and also examined libel issues.

The Miami Herald’s Rick Hirsch said that the best blogs post often, must drive traffic and engage readers. Hirsch is pleased that the news of Fidel Castro’s declining health is increasing traffic on Miami’s Cuban Connection, a blog by Herald reporter Oscar Corral. "I can’t say this in Miami, but I hope he hangs on a little longer," Hirsch quipped.

A shout out goes to The Blogging Journalist who gave us a nod.

And can't forget Richard Prince. Down from Day Two. Thanks.

More later. It's late.

Sounds too easy

2006-08-18T15:11:00.000-07:00

Wow, if you're can put topics that are truly important to others or interest others online in this format is spectacular. There are so many experiences I would love to share and get feedback on: sandwich generation, new mommyhood, journalism -- just tons of stuff.

Sharyn

Saving Our Kids

2006-08-18T15:05:00.000-07:00

We must challenge our children to be responsible. We must hold them to high standards and train them to reach high and achieve at great levels. Too many of our children are underachieving and black parents are too blame for allowing them to do so without consequnces. Black parents we must do better or our children will pay a deal price when they become adults.

Derrick Wilkerson

Chicagoland Politics

2006-08-18T14:56:00.000-07:00

Remember "Renewal with Newell" for 8th Ward Alderman in the Chicagoland Area. Bringing a new spirit to politics and interested in understanding some of the issues that are important to you on a local area.

Anonymous Attendee.

Blogging at NABJ

2006-08-18T14:51:00.000-07:00

I'm sitting in an NABJ workshop on blogging. This is a subject near and dear to my heart. I have had my own blog since 2005, about whatever happens to be on my mind at the moment. If you go there now -- http://benet_world.blogspot.com -- you'll see my review of the movie "Snakes on a Plane." I was among a group of 38 geek fanatics who saw it at the 10:00 pm sneak peek showing last night at the Circle 9 UA Theater in Indianapolis.

I am the airports/TSA/security editor for a aviation trade publication in D.C. I'm also a die-hard aviation/airlines geek -- my job just also happens to be one of my hobbies. I'm in a battle to let the powers that be allow me to blog about my beat, which happens to be pretty hot right now. I'm hoping that by attending this session, I can arm myself with data, information and facts that will bolster my case to write a blog attached to my publication.

The entry on my blog before the "Snakes" entry happens to be a sample of the type of blog I'd like to do -- it was a piece on a Wiki that tells business travelers where they can power up their laptops, Ipods and cell phones at airports across the world. It doesn't quite fit into my publication, but it's still something that subscribers or anyone with an interest in airports might find interesting. So I'm glad to be here in Indianapolis, and I hope that attending these sessions will be enough to push the suits over the edge and give blogging a try.

Ms. Benet Wilson
Washington, D.C.

NABJ Blogging Workshop

2006-08-18T14:42:00.000-07:00

Up until about a year or so ago, I had no idea that blogging even existed. Then slowly I began to see more and more websites dedicated to blogging on certain topics and links on larger websites to blogs. As a televison producer, I always saw blogging as more of a thing for print journalists. It's vital for me to understand where and how people get their information on the internet. I think this workshop is pretty good, very informative, and funny.

Dustin
B-more's Finest

Why I Blog

2006-08-18T14:33:00.000-07:00

Blogging is a way for me to express myself creativel and, to give my opinion, which as a journalist, I cannot do. My friends read my blogs on Blogger or on MySpace, and give me feedback about different topics. I also have a fan-based blog for my favorite TV show. I use youtube.com to post videos to my blogs as well. I have just discovered over the summer that a more productive reason for me to blog would be to market my own work and to improve my writing skills without feeling the pressure that I would feel in a classroom. I have encouraged my mother to start a blog, but she has failed to give me the link.

www.carlyfan.blogspot.com
www.myspace.com/e8604

35minutes and counting...

2006-08-18T13:25:00.000-07:00

Room 115 is empty. Except for me.

It's game time and I'm waiting. For equipment. For co-coordinators. For panelists. And guests.

I'm excited and nervous.

Why I Blog

2006-08-18T11:25:00.000-07:00

'Citizen journalists' in media's future?

2006-08-17T22:30:00.000-07:00

Back in June, Plain Dealer Columnist Sam Fulwood III stated: "I raised the question last week of whether newspapers are outmoded, like buggy whips.

"I fretted that young people seem to prefer pixilated communications over traditional ink-on-paper and asked readers to share their opinions. Most of the more than 500 people who responded by e-mail, letter or phone agreed with me...that the Internet can't compare to a well-reported and carefully edited paper."

Fulwood's piece examines the role of homegrown neighborhood journalists in this era of the blogger.

Interesting perspective.

The Gang's All Here!

2006-08-17T22:17:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the late post folks. So much going on here in Indy. Hotel registration, downtime, ironing wrinkled clothes, conference registration, talk with old friends, and meet new ones.

Here's the run-down so far:

1. Took a stretched limo from the airport to the downtown Hyatt. A first for me. It was cool. There were no bottles of Kristal inside the Carey limosine. Still the ride from the airport downtown was only $11.

2. Room was a little small but that's the usual. That wasn't the biggest bummer. The wireless internet set up at the hotel and conference HQ is costly. Don't know what the situation is at the other hotels but here we're charged $9.95 for a single 24-hour session. Per laptop. Not cool. Get's better. It's the same situation at the conference. Hopefully, that situation improves next year.

3. Me and Burnett walked several blocks to O'Malia's grocery store. Downtown was very clean.

4. Registration on Wednesday was a breeze.

5. The mixer at the Indianpolis Speedway last night was very cool. I've watched the Indianpolis 500 at total of 60 seconds in my lifetime (my remote control skills are remarkable). Not my sport. But being the race track and seeing the size of the complex was different. Didn't get a chance to check out the racing car video game that attracting a sizable line.

6. What the Hyatt lacks in wireless service, it definitely makes up for in breakfast. It's free and filling. The chowline features piles of eggs, potatoes, bacon, sausage, toast. Worth getting up before 10 a.m.

7. The game plan is coming together. Me, James Burnett and Andrew Guy have spoke with panelists. The line-up includes: online columnist Richard Prince, CBS's Matt Stanton, Detroit Free-Press' Kelley Carter, HoustonChronicle.com's Dwight Silverman, BET's Pamela Gentry, and the Miami Herald's Rick Hirsch.

More tomorrow...the big day.

Come one, come all...

Chin Check

2006-08-12T09:42:00.000-07:00

Those pesky bloggers were at it again this week.

I'm not talking about the Britain's terrorism cell busts. Not the continued lip-service given to cyclist Floyd Landis' excuses. Not even raucous premier of Flavor Flav's second season of "Flavor of Love," got the blogosphere buzzing like photographer Adnan Hajj's work on that doctored photo of the smoking Beirut skyline.

The Reuters freelancer was the topic of Charles Johnson's four-year-old political blog, Little Green Footballs, which scooped mainstream media outlets with the revelation.

The New York Times [Registration needed]and Washington Post [along with others] took time to nod then analyze bloggers continued role as watchdogs.

65% Don't See Their Blogging as Journalism

2006-08-11T23:53:00.000-07:00

A little factoid posted at Richard Prince's Journal-isms:

"A new, national phone survey of bloggers finds that most are focused on describing their personal experiences to a relatively small audience of readers and that only a small proportion focus their coverage on politics, media, government, or technology," the Pew Internet and American Life Project reported today.

"About 34 percent see their blogging as a form of journalism; 65 percent disagreed. Just over a third of bloggers said they engage often in journalistic activities such as verifying facts and linking to source material," Reuters added in a story headlined, "Storytelling, Not Journalism, Propels Most Blogs."

"Related surveys by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that the blog population has grown to about 12 million American adults, or about 8% of adult internet users and that the number of blog readers has jumped to 57 million American adults, or 39% of the online population," the Pew news release continued."

Check out the rest of the report here.

Question: Do the survey's results surprise you?

Snapshot of 21st-Century Newspapering

2006-08-07T16:58:00.000-07:00

The future is here.

Don't believe me? Check out this story from AJR.com about Washington Post reporter Frank Ahrens who recounted his adventures covering the Enron trial for the Web, radio, TV, and the newspaper:

"It's May 25, and the verdicts are being read in the government's fraud case against former Enron Corp. executives Kenneth L. Lay and Jeffrey K. Skilling...

I am listening to the verdicts being read on CNBC with my left ear and hearing the radio host's questions in my right ear. As the verdicts are reported on TV, I repeat them on the radio. Once we reported CNBC's news on our radio station, I would begin blogging. Moments later, I would appear live on CNN Headline News in the small TV studio in the Post's newsroom just behind the CND.

At some point, hours later in this day, I would write an actual newspaper story."

One Journalist's Opinion on International Blogging

2006-08-07T16:29:00.000-07:00

Received this e-mail today:

Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 15:31:11
From: kimberlymonet@gmail.com
To: thebloggerbuzz@yahoo.com

Subject: Journalism use of blogs in Egypt

Hi, my name is Kimberly Adams, and I am a freelance journalist working in Cairo, Egypt. I know here and in a lot of the developing world, people use blogs to rant or post news and photos about government abuses and activities. Particularly, in countries where freedom of the press is limited, individuals and organizations are using blogs to reach out to each other and to the international media.

I know that I keep abreast of what is going on in the political activist community by reading several blogs, and I know friends at the AP and at newspapers and at Fox News in London that keep tabs on various regions via blogs.

There was a survey conducted a few years ago on "elite" media's (aka, big organizations) use of weblogs in their news process. I'll try to track it down if I can...

Regards and good luck on your workshop,
Kimberly M. Adams

How was the intermission?

2006-08-02T22:25:00.000-07:00

My apologies, readers & colleagues.

My 10-day trip out West was a long-time coming. Got a lot of family and friends in California. Felt good to spend time with them. I'll be up front: it's hard thinking about work, blogs, and news when I'm trying to catch tadpoles with my 6-year-old daughter.

But back to work.

And don't think I was slacking. My crew has my back. We're talking about a timely subject that continues to impact the news business. So think of this entry as a marker. From this point on, expect more "plain talk" analysis of blogs and their place in this thing we call daily journalism.

Before I get to business, I've got to thank Maynard institute columnist and NABJ workshop panelist Richard Prince for holding things down while I was out. Truthfully, he's been sending me articles/columns pertinent to our discussion.

First up is this piece by Editor & Publisher writer Steve Yahn, who examines the legal liabilities facing newspapers using blogs to draw readers.

"There is a lag between newspaper publishers' rush to monetize blogs and at the same time making sure their ethics policies and internal editorial controls keep up with the rollout of new forms of technology and content," warned Seattle-based attorney Robert A. Blackstone, partner at the law firm of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP.

Then there's this little item about NPR's Daniel Schorr who told USAToday that blogs are "fascinating and scary."

"What is good about it is people will not be able to suppress the news because you can always have a blogger who gets the story out," Schorr said. "But what we have here is a medium in which there is no publisher, no editor, no anything. It's just you and a little machine and you can make history. I find that scary. Nobody should get into print or on
the air without some kind of editor. I have an institutional belief that nobody can be above having a good editor."

Question: Has there been any interesting stories about blogging and journalism that you've found helpful or interesting during the past two weeks?

Good Question

2006-07-30T11:32:00.000-07:00

Here's another "quick hit" from earlier this year: On May 18, Westword.com’s Michael Roberts asks “Should journalists lose their naming rights online?” in “Blog Bog.” It chronicles the adventures of visitors to a Colorado political site, including Denver Post editor Bob Ewegen.

Why Chip Blogs

2006-07-18T12:11:00.000-07:00

In a Feb. 8 Poynter.org column, Poynter Institute columnist Chip Scanlan writes in his “Chip On Your Shoulder” column about itching to blog after a serious bout with depression.

A Killer Question, indeed...

2006-07-12T13:52:00.000-07:00

In a March 17 column I uncovered recently, Vaughn Ververs of CBS’s Pubic Eye blog asked: Are bloggers operating under a separate set of rules after Huffington Post’s error in the George Clooney episode?

For those of you who may have forgotten, Huffington pieced together Clooney's quotes for an interview she posted on her blog. Only problem was she didn't tell readers.

To me, there is a universal rule -- for bloggers and journalists -- don't lie to readers.

Blogs Peak?

2006-07-11T20:56:00.000-07:00

The Slate.com’s Daniel Gross wrote: “As a cultural phenomenon, blogs are in their gangly adolescence… But as businesses, blogs may have peaked. There are troubling signs—akin to the 1999 warnings about the Internet bubble—that suggest blogs have just hit their top.”

Interesting analysis, which Gross articulated back in February, but with the recent news reports of former journalists and others turning their popular blogs into viable businesses, I think he got a little ahead of himself. Anyway, Gross goes into more detail about his reasoning.

Eye Chart

2006-07-09T17:31:00.000-07:00

USC’s Anneberg School of Journalism runs Online Journalism Review, which recently published a very, very informative chart on various computer programs that allow you to improve blog, podcast, ect.

Question: What online blogging tools do you use?

Does Blog Post Frequency Matter Anymore?

2006-07-09T14:19:00.000-07:00

Blogger Eric Kintz says: Daily posts are a legacy of a Web 1.0 mindset and early Web 2.0 days [meaning 12 months ago!]. The pressure around posting frequency will ultimately become a significant barrier to the maturity of blogging.
To back up his point that blog feaquency doesn't matter, Kintz gives 10 reasons why.

Punked?

2006-07-08T00:16:00.000-07:00

“Don’t get punked by the White House Hawks or Bloggers…” OK, CBS Evening News vet Bob Schieffer didn’t say that verbatim to the Deadline Club [NY’s Society of Professional Journalists Chapter], but that was close.

Take That!

2006-07-03T18:09:00.000-07:00

Here's some residue from this year's NBA Championships. If you are a Miami Heat fan, it should make you chuckle. If you were rooting for the Mavs, you might shake your head.

Either way, I promise this entry has something to do with blogging journalists.

MicroPersuasion's Steve Rubel noted that Dallas Mavericks owner and blogger Mark Cuban has disabled the ability for readers to leave comments.

In a post about being called names he finishes by saying: "For the record, Im not turning on comments, they have devolved to the point where they add no value."

Question: Are blog comments worth the trouble?

Bloggers Fly the Coop

2006-07-03T15:41:00.000-07:00

Don't ask me why but I found another blogging article from the Wall Street Journal. This time Nick Wingfield writes about how some journalists have raised money and turned their indie blogs into businesses.

Anyone remember the late 1990s when journos across the country joined the high-tech bandwagon, jumping the journalism ship to be 'content' pushers. I'm got a whiff of that era after reading this peice.

Question: Is this a viable option for journalists?

Web-design guru on blogs and more

2006-07-01T23:59:00.000-07:00

Been out for a minute...but I've been working on finding news on blogs.

Honest.

For instance, I ran [actually I got from Cyberjournalist.com] into this little Q-and-A the Wall Street Journal's Lee Gomes [above] did with web desginer Jakob Nielsen, who gave his two cents on all things blogs, RSS and more.

Jakob Nielsen: Certainly you can have blogs that function as newsletters, updated on a regular basis. But they don't tend to do that. They don't tend to have that same sort of publishing discipline: having a publication schedule and surveying this week's or this day's events. They could, of course, but they don't tend to.

WSJ: What you are saying is heresy to some bloggers, who insist it's very important to use blogs to have a "conversation" with customers.
Jakob Nielsen: That will work only for the people who are most fanatic, who are engaged so much that they will go and check out these blogs all the time. There are definitely some people who do that -- they are a small fraction. A much larger part of the population is not into that so much. The Internet is not that important to them. It's a support tool for them. Bloggers tend to be all one extreme edge. It's really dangerous to design for a technical elite. We have to design for a broad majority of users.

Adapt or Die

2006-06-27T10:11:00.000-07:00

The headline is a killer. But it's the subhead that really got me to read this Big Picture piece from AJR.org: "As newspaper companies confront a challenging future, they are increasingly viewing their trademark print product as the engine driving a diverse 'portfolio' that embraces other 'platforms' such as Web sites and niche publications. Is this a strategy for survival?"

Rachel Smolkin's story starts off by painting a dismal picture of a newspaper industry rotting at the core while trying to find new ways to attract readers, either through websites, blogs, Spanish-language publications, and other initiatives.

Experimenting is not a bad thing.

My beef is the attitude that runs through many newsroom that these new initiatives are fads. It hinders the potential for trying new initiatives. Fortunately, many newspapers are using these platforms, and measuring them for effectiveness. And when you do that, any journalist will tell you: the numbers don't lie.

Blondes aren't alone

2006-06-25T11:19:00.000-07:00

In his "Off Message" column, the National Journal's William Powers [left] asks an obvious question: Is anyone in journalism having fun any more?

His answer? Bloggers are.

"While mainstreamers cry in their beer -- or their herbal tea -- about the sorry state of journalism, those troublemaking bloggers are, in the finest tradition of hackdom, simply having a blast," he writes.

Question: Are you having fun? Or is Powers' right?

Collaboration the trend?

2006-06-23T08:27:00.000-07:00

The Washington Post and Newsweek have created a new collaborative blog called PostGlobal. It's described by moderators -- the Post's Dave Ignatius and Newsweek's Fareed Zakaria -- as "a new online special that features independent journalists from all over the world in an ongoing dialogue about global issues [that] features a network of experts contributing regular analysis of pertinent happenings in our world."

Two established pub's working together expands the online reporting possibilities for others, depends on how long the collabo lasts, though.

I like the idea that a blog doesn't have to be written by some lone-wolf, but by a group and not necessarily all working for the same publication or media outlet. As journalists begin to use this medium for transmitting news, I feel they'll understand the "team" template PostGlobal is using is quiet effective.

Question: Has your newsroom created team blogs? Do you think blogs written by folks from two different newsroom is a trend?

You say tom-ay-toe; I say tom-ah-toe

2006-06-22T23:39:00.000-07:00

"The Media Guy" Simon Dumenco makes some interesting points on the similiarities and differences between bloggers and their "old" media counterparts (don't you like how some of these online cats use that term?), most notably this one:

"[I]t occurred to me that there is no such thing as blogging. There is no such thing as a blogger. Blogging is just writing -- writing using a particularly efficient type of publishing technology. Even though I tend to first use Microsoft Word on the way to being published, I am not, say, a Worder or Wordder. It's just software, people! The underlying creative/media function remains exactly the same."

When I read this on Romenesko back in January, I couldn't agree more.

We've been some blogging fools at my paper during the last year, and I mean that in a good way. It's truely a time of experimentation here at the H-T. We have blogs on real estate written by the real estate reporter, a politcal blog scribed by the political, ect. And that doesn't count the numerous temporary blogs set up for multi-day events like the local film festival, and high-profile murder trial.

And not once in the discussion leading up to launching the blogs have I heard folks alyzing the role of web logs at the paper. Our web team gives us weekly updates on the number of folks viewing the site, so we know they're coming. We see the writing on the wall and know people read 'em.

We're like Nike: we just do it.

Question: What's the attitude towards blogs and blogging in your newsroom?

Shear Bluntness

2006-06-20T21:47:00.000-07:00

The Washington Post's Michael Shear [left] let bloggers have it at a recent Virginia blog summit, according to the "Beltway Blogroll." Speaking at a session focused [coincidentally] on journalism and blogging, Shear stated:

"[B]e honest about what you are -- and what you are not. You are pundits. You are aggregators of other people's work. You are analysts. You are political activists. You are gossips. You are agitators. You are not journalists."

Alllllllrighty then... I think Shear used two fingers while drawing his line in the sand.

Question: Is Shear right?

Blogging: Hazardous to Your Job?

2006-06-19T23:53:00.000-07:00

Discipline is what keeps a blog fresh. I knew going into this project I'd have to make time to find new useful information. It hit me tonight. After work.

Fishing for information keeps a blog fresh. Got to find the right lake or stream though, or you come up short, or worse, empty. Here's what I caught today...

AlterNet.com's Rory O'Connor wrote about a new study that shows 1 in 5 companies have disciplined employees for disobeying blogging policy.

I read this article with particular interest, for the obvious reason. And immediately thought about my paper's policy. It' sensible and simple: you post an entry, an editor looks it over, who then publishes it for the world to read.

Haven't always agreed with it. But at least we have something to start with.

Every newsroom should have a clear blogging and multimedia policy. Too much is at stake for reporters, the newsroom and the public.

Question: Do you know your newsroom's blogging policy? What do you think of it?

Welcome 2.0

2006-06-16T21:11:00.000-07:00

Hello. Again.

Welcome to ‘the buzz,’ a temporary web log focused on daily journalism and blogging. This unique blog is an outgrowth of a workshop, which takes place at this year’s NABJ national conference in Indy.

It’s also a tool. Now anyone interested in the subject has an online destination that is informative, useful and interactive. Along with occasional blog entries, the column on the right offers plenty of useful links. Check them out.

Some background…

I was supposed to launch this blog two weeks ago. Only I had a couple of problems: too much on my plate, and I wanted to create a site that went beyond my personal musings about being a blogging journalist for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

My interest in blogs has mushroomed in the last couple of years. Along with regularly reading popular blogs like Poynter.org’s Romenesko, I've also created work and personal blogs.

I think 2006 has proved blogs are a handy tool for the mainstream media -- in my neck of the woods, anyway. It's the new way to follow a murder trial, local sports team or hurricane. Bottomline: blogs deliver information effectively.

That said, blogs have also become a headache for journalists. Working in this gray area between old and new media can be lonely, weird and stressful.

At the moment, this is the brave, new, free world.

Anyway, I set up a template for ‘the buzz,’ and spent many late nights surfing the net compiling stories, tools and examples to initiate discussion and debate. The whole time, keeping in mind that this information would enhance the “Blogger Buzz” workshop.

I have to credit Poynter’s Romenesko, Richard Prince’s Journal-isms, CyberJournalist.net, and other sites, where most of the entries came from.

But I questioned myself. Did I have enough entries? Are people interested in the topic? How do I make it useful? Will I have time to update it? So the digital dust gathered. For two weeks.

Now, 'the buzz' is here. But only until the workshop, which I plan to blog in real-time at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 18.

So spend some time here.

Doesn’t matter if you’re a freelancer, full-time blogger, student, or somebody with an itch to type hard and fast about blogs and journalism -- leave a comment , give a suggestion, add to the debate, or pass on a link or an article. I could use it. So can others.

Enjoy.

Blogging reporters beware

2006-06-16T12:26:00.000-07:00

Mike Sando [left], writer of the award-winning Seahawks Insider blog, told USC's Online Journalism Review the potential risks for newspaper reporters who blog:

"I think a blog will expose a poor reporter more quickly, while allowing a good reporter to flourish more demonstrably. Also, the comments section of a blog will test a reporter's restraint. I've spent a fair amount of time maintaining the comments section by discouraging crassness, hot-temperedness and overall idiocy."

Question: You agree with Sando's statement? Why? Why not?

Digital Notes from East Afrika

2006-06-16T10:14:00.000-07:00

Follow a delegation of National Association of Black Journalists members as they tour hospitals filled with malaria-stricken families, walk Artemisinin fields, and meet Tanzanian officials. In May, the group blogged their 15-day, United Nations-sponsored trip to the East African nation.

Top Bloggers Share Research Tools

2006-06-15T21:44:00.000-07:00

Came across this item on CyberJournalist.net, and I think it's very useful for those of you operating blogs on a regular basis.

Blog consultant B.L. Ochman asked several bloggers, including Linux Journal senior editor Doc Searls [left], which tools they use to keep up with the deluge of information constantly streaming in from the net.

Although some bloggers in Ochman's article shun blogs as a regular information source, I regularly turn to Poynter.org's Romenesko for journalism news about blogging. His entries are short and to-the-point, and constantly updated.

Question: What online information tools do you rely on for your blog?

The Buzz

Burnett's Urban Etiquette: Terry Saves the Day

Some Numbers...

Sounds too easy

Saving Our Kids

Chicagoland Politics

Blogging at NABJ

NABJ Blogging Workshop

Why I Blog

More people read blog than many newspaper

35minutes and counting...

Why I Blog

'Citizen journalists' in media's future?

The Gang's All Here!

Chin Check

65% Don't See Their Blogging as Journalism

Snapshot of 21st-Century Newspapering

One Journalist's Opinion on International Blogging

How was the intermission?

Good Question

Why Chip Blogs

A Killer Question, indeed...

Blogs Peak?

Eye Chart

Does Blog Post Frequency Matter Anymore?

Punked?

Take That!

Bloggers Fly the Coop

Web-design guru on blogs and more

Adapt or Die

Blondes aren't alone

Collaboration the trend?

You say tom-ay-toe; I say tom-ah-toe

Shear Bluntness

Blogging: Hazardous to Your Job?

Welcome 2.0

Blogging reporters beware

Digital Notes from East Afrika

Top Bloggers Share Research Tools