GoUpstate.com: An online service of the Spartanburg Herald-Journal

Blogging, its not just for geeks anymore. This is the story that was in the NYTimes Magazine recently about bloggers, politics, and the changes in mainstream journalism they are precipitating. GoUpstate.com: An online service of the Spartanburg Herald-Journal

Poynter Online - Journalism in the Age of Blogs

Poynter Online - Journalism in the Age of Blogs

We will be checking these out....

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Special report: weblogs

OhmyNews International

Ohmynews is remaking news. Can you explain how and why? What do you have to do to become a reporter for OhmyNews? OhmyNews International

Poynter Online - Don't Be a Player Hater

Useful guide to what multimedia to use in your work.Poynter Online - Don't Be a Player Hater

Sources, blogs and bloggingTruth and trust

Poynter Online - E-Media Tidbits

We need to read through the Eyetrac study, but here is good advice about paragraph length. Poynter Online - E-Media Tidbits

newsmap

Here is a VERY cool web app. For writers, this is an idea generator. Can you see ways to use it in your work? newsmap

Color Scheme idea for non-artists

Check this out for how you can work with color effectively by using your photographs.

Getting interactive with your viewe/users

IM rock vote. How to get youth to the polls? IM them.

Whatever can involve young people in the process is healthy for the political process," Rheingold said. "Media like instant messaging and e-mail and mobile phones make it easier for people to organize on a scale and a pace that they weren't able to before."