What I've learned (5)

I’ve learned that advertising is the biggest source of revenue for online journalism and that new money-making methods need to be found.

What I've learned (4)

I’ve learned that online journalism entails many of the same legal and ethical standards of print, but that there are some differences.

What I've learned (3)

I’ve learned that writing for online is different than writing for print. Online writing should be shorter and more direct as readers skim.

What I've learned (2)

I’ve learned about linking; how to do it, when to do it, where to do it, and the legal and ethical rules associated with it.

What I've learned (1)

I’ve learned that bloggers can be journalists and journalists can be bloggers, but that there are different standards and rules for each.

What I've learned - Twitter style

I've learned a lot in Online Journalism class this semester.

One of the things I learned about - and had no clue exisited until this class - was Twitter.

So, in honor of Twitter, and in order to reach the 65 blog posts required for an A grade (I'll be honest), I'm going to post five important things I've learned in this class in five separate posts Twitter-style. I thought it would be a nice touch to use something I've learned while telling you what I've learned.

Remember, each post can be no longer than 140 characters.

I hope you've enjoyed the blog over the past few months. Thanks for reading.

Counch potato Saturday

This has nothing to do with online journalism, but I felt the need to address it...

Today is definitely a great day to buy some snacks and just bum out on the couch all day.

With classes over for the semester and some great college football and basketball match-ups lined up on the tube, that's definitely what I'll be doing.

We'll start it off on ABC with the 1 p.m. ACC Championship between Boston College and Virginia Tech. Then I'll jump over to CBS for the 4 p.m. SEC Championship between No. 1 Alabama and No. 4 Florida. But, my viewing of the hated Gators will only last until about halftime as I'll be forced to switch it over to ESPN and watch the Hurricanes basketball team take on Kentucky.

Definitely a great day to be a sports fan...

Final Project

For our final assignment in Online Journalism class, we were required to use some type of multimedia to display some of the skills we learned throughout the semester. I chose to go with Soundslides and create a narrated slideshow of a story I covered while on assignment in Panama last month.

Check it out below:

Back to Barnes

Remember my post from last week about my hometown newspaper's great coverage of a man named Steven Barnes being released from prison after 20 years following the discovery of new DNA evidence?

If you don't, check it out here.

And then read this column by the paper's managing editor Mike Kilian. It gives the reader an inside look at all of the hard work and coordination required of many different people inside of the newsroom for a story like this to be successfully covered. I also think it gives the casual reader a better appreciation of the hard work many reporters put into their jobs.