This presentation provides case studies of how student journalists, professional journalists and citizen journalists can share their work through blogging. Case studies include: The Guidon - student paper of Ateneo de Manila University www.theguidon.com The Philippine Online Chronicles - www.thepoc.netJuanvote - www.juanvote.comCitizen Journalist Ka Edong - www.edwinsoriano.com ; www.qik.com/ka_edongThe presentation ends with a discussion on specific questions from students in Region 6 - questions that will help them take action towards blogging as a student journalist or as a citizen.
Text of Basic Blogging For Student Journalists
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2. Outline
hu u?
Just enough
How to learn the most from this presentation: Ask a question
that will help you as a student journalist.
Case studies:
The Guidon
The Philippine Online Chronicles
Juanvote
The citizen student as a journalist
Choose your discussion
3. Hu u, blogging?
blog = We b log .A journal of stories, news or events published
on the web, typically in reverse-chronological order.
Examples
Blogspot.com
Wordpress.com
Typepad.com
Multiply.com
Facebook.com (notes)
Twitter and many others
4. Case A: www.theguidon.com 5. Case A: www.theguidon.com 6.
Case A: www.theguidon.com 7. Case B: thepoc.net 8. Case B:
thepoc.net 9. Case B: thepoc.net 10. Case C: juanvote.com 11. Case
C: juanvote.com 12. Case D: Citizen-Student Journalist 13. Case D:
Citizen-Student Journalist 14. Case D: Citizen-Student Journalist
15. Case D: Citizen-Student Journalist 16. Case D: Citizen-Student
Journalist 17. Choose your discussion
Write a specific question which, when answered, will help
youtake action towards blogging as a student journalist or citizen
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Write your name, a.s.l., school, position in school paper
18. Q&A: Plagiarism
Is it possible that plagiarism happens on the web blog? How can
we control this situation? How can we protect our blogsites? Darmie
Grace S. Napano, 18, F, Guimaras, UI-PEN, EIC
1. ) There are scrapers, netizens in and outside the
Philippines who copy your work. If it doesnt hurt you (theyre too
distant from you or the issue), dont waste you energy on them. Let
them be. Ganyan ang life.
2.) If the plagiarism has hurt you (e.g. another person takes
credit, gets paid for your work, gets acknowledged or awarded for
your work), take action. Provide proof that you are the originator.
Often, the plagiarizer will take down (remove) the copied
content.
3.) How to protect yourself from plagiarism? Infuse your unique
writing style, your unique sentence construction. Create titles or
unique descriptions in your story. For instance, if you create a
title: Antiques foremost student journalists huddle space, other
people cannot use it as their own anymore. When appropriate, infuse
your feelings and emotions into your article. People can copy facts
(e.g. news) and get away with it; but they cannot copy emotions and
get away with it.
19. Q&A: Earnings from blogging
Magkano bang kinikita sa blogging? Alexis Germinal, 21, M,
Bacolod, Cartoonist
For my main blog started in 2005 www.technobiography.com- I
probably earned my first $1 after one month. Earned my first $100
after 1 year. Started earning $100 monthly after 2 years.
I also earn from text-link-ads . People are willing to give me
a monthly fixed payment in exchange of installing on my blog a link
to their website.
Example of highly successful bloggers. Anton Diaz
ofwww.OurAwesomePlanet.comhas reached a level of income from his
blog and other related activites enough for him to resign from his
CIO position in Procter & Gamble.
20. Q&A: Earnings from blogging
How viable financially is online journalism? Mode of
Payment?
I personally get paid via advertisements. I do not get paid per
article.
Some writers can get paid for writing reviews or any articles
about a certain product or service. There are websites that pay
from $5 to $15 dollars up to $80 dollars depending on the kind of
article.
You can reap much money if you can write many articles (while
maintaining good quality writing).
Mode of payment: Usually PayPal. Sometimes western union or
other similar services.
21. Q&A: Writing style for blogs
For you, whats the right formula of an effective and
highly-catchy blogsite? 0 Norman Daliva, 18, male, Bolocaue,
Miagao, EIC
First answer is for first-time bloggers: Dont worry about
writing style. Just keep writing and writing, get the rhythm
going.
After writing your first 10 or 20 articles, when youre ready to
take it a level higher, think about how you want to project
yourself. Do you want to be humorous? Are you serious? Pointed,
critical, opinionated? Constructive? Positive? Objective?
Think about your objective for writing. Is it to share info? To
influence your readers to think or take action? Is it to
inspire?From all these, you will develop your own writing style.
Experiment as well. Based on the level of interaction and feedback
from your readers, you can tell which articles and writing styles
help you achieve your objectives.
22. Q&A: Writing style for blogs
How do you know if what you posted could actually rouse
netizens to action? I dont want to be seen as someone who just
posts and posts. 19, F, Jaro, Editor in Chief
First answer is for first-time bloggers: Dont worry about
writing style. Just keep writing and writing, get the rhythm
going.
Interact with your readers. Invite them to leave comments or
send email.
On the other hand, learn to manage your expectations. If you
feel each and every blogpost needs to move each and every reader,
sasakit ang ulo mo. Be kind to yourself.
Sometimes I have articles that, receives feedback for the first
time from a person who is deeply touched and affected after 3-years
that the article is posted online. Rejoice in these opportunities
to touch peoples lives.
23. Q&A: Content of blog & paper
For school publication blogs, are they simply the same articles
that you publish in print or do they have to be different articles?
0 Celine Chua, 19, F, Bacolod City, Editor-in-Chief
There is an overlap.Main difference and determinant is the
immediacy of blogging (can publish almost instantly) as compared to
the turn-around time of publishing your school paper (e.g. monthly,
twice a sem, twice a year). Use the timing to select which articles
are relevant in the blog, and which are relevant in paper.
For instance, Tweets (microblogs) can give relevant content in
your blog (e.g. live tweeting a festival). But unless truly
remarkable, tweets dont need to come out on paper.
News, especially breaking news, does well on blogs. News can
become stale when they come out too many months later on paper.
Feature stories can wait (no need to publish immediately) and may
have bigger impact in paper. Use your best judgement.
24. Q&A: Photos & Videos
How Limited is blogging in aspects of putting videos and
pictures in a blog? - Ray Adrian Macalalag, Univ of San Agustin,
Managing Editor, Agustinian Mirror.
Generally, use of photos you took yourself for your own blog is
acceptable as long as it does not degrade other
people/entities.
Use of other peoples photos typically needs at least written
(even online) permission to use on your blog. Give them credit for
it.
Many images and videos are public domain, and you are generally
free to share it responsibly. For instance, people upload videos on
YouTube because they want it to be shared. If they dont want it
shared, they shouldnt have uploaded it. On the other hand, do not
upload videos you dont own. Websites have take-down policies to
manage un-authorized upload of videos.
Again, use your best judgement. Treat people and their
photos/videos with respect.
25. Q&A: Traffic
How can we invite traffic/people to read our articles online
without the use of advertisements.- Ben Justin A Blacer, 23, male,
Mandurriao, Iloilo City, Colegio de San Jose, The Scroll.
For advertisements, Ill qualify this as *paid* advertisements.
Here are some free ideas of promoting your site/articles:
Publish your URL on your paper.
Distribute links of your articles via your facebook, twitter,
multiply, email network.
Write well.
Publish useful information that people have a tendency to
share.
Use share services which help your readers share your article
to their own networks.
26. Final Messages
Jose Rizal had the pen, you have the keyboard and various
online tools. What are you fighting for?
Writing is a weapon. Use it wisely for positive change.
With great power comes great responsibility. Use your weapon
responsibly.
Lastly, keep on learning, enjoy your discoveries and have fun!
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