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Figuring Out Blogs, Podcasting, Wikis, and Whatever's Next

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Figuring Out Blogs, Podcasting, Wikis, and Whatever's Next

WHEN
Wednesday, September 27
6:30-9:30 pm

WHERE
mediabistro.com
494 Broadway
(Spring & Broome)
New York, NY 10012

WHO
All levels of blog experience welcome - blog skeptics to blog fanatics.

PRICE
$65 ($50 for )
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Course Details

There is much confusion about blogs, bloggers and blogging. Is this the end of journalism as we know it? Or is it just another small step in the evolution of media? Are any worth following? You will get answers to these and other questions at this workshop. You will go home with plenty of useful ideas from this fun, informative, fast-paced seminar.

In this seminar, you will learn about:

  • Blog basics
  • The best blogs for and by media professionals
  • Blogs that are changing America and the world
  • How to read blogs without drowning in too much info
  • How to create a blog and raise your Google rankings
  • Why journalists should and should not be blogging
  • What to expect next: photoblogging, videoblogging, tagging, podcasting, wikis, RSS, XML

Instructor Bio

Sree Sreenivasan's Courses

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Sree Sreenivasan
Sree Sreenivasan is a technology expert and dean of students affairs at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, where he teaches in the digital journalism program. He specializes in explaining technology to consumers/readers/viewers/users. For more than eight years, he served as technology reporter for WABC-TV and WNBC-TV in NYC and occasionally on various ABC, NBC, and MSNBC news programs. He has written articles for The New York Times, BusinessWeek, Rolling Stone, National Journal, Bloomberg, Forbes, and Popular Science.

Sree is co-founder and former president of the South Asian Journalists Association and has served as faculty adviser to Columbia's chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. In March 2004 Newsweek magazine named Sree one of the nation's 20 most influential South Asians.

photo by Shaju John

Testimonials


Having seen Sree's segments on TV, it was refreshing to see that he is equally at ease in a classroom setting as he is in front of the cameras. Sree is energetic, personable, and has a gift for explaining things in a way that makes sense to all, regardless of the level of expertise. --Debra Williams

"Sree's course was extremely insightful and packed full of useful information. He kept the course going at a rapid-fire pace without leaving anyone behind. I highly recommend his course, even if you think you know all you need to know about blogs." --Taylor Morris

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