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Sree Sreenivasan: Blogs Every Media Professional Should Know (Video)

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Sree Sreenivasan: Blogs Every Media Professional Should Know (Video)
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SYNOPSIS
For those struggling to keep pace with the blogosphere, tech expert Sree Sreenivasan gives a thorough introduction to the key players of the online world, delving into the present and future of the web as a media outlet.

It covers all the blog basics but focuses on the best blogs for and by media professionals. Topics include: 1) blogs that are changing America and the world, 2) how to read blogs without drowning in too much information, 3) how to create a blog and raise your Google rankings, 4) why journalists should and should not be blogging, and 5) what to expect next: photoblogging, videoblogging, tagging, podcasting, wikis, RSS, and XML.

His presentation is a fun, informative, fast-paced survey of the blog world.

DURATION/TIME
16 videos
2 hours, 33 minutes total running time

DATE OF PANEL
March 22, 2007

PRICE
$29 ($24 for )
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Course Details

This Speaker Series is an On Demand Video.

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Instructor Bio

Sree Sreenivasan's Courses

Figuring out Web 2.0 – New York (Seminar on June 4)

Sree Sreenivasan
Sree Sreenivasan is a leading technology expert and WNBC-TV's tech reporter. He is also Dean of Student Affairs at Columbia University's journalism school, where he runs the new media program. His tech reports can be seen on Thursday mornings at 6:20 am and Monday evenings at 5:20 on Channel 4. He previously spent six years as WABC's Tech Guru. His work explaining technology has appeared in The New York Times, BusinessWeek, Rolling Stone, and Popular Science (where he was a member of the "Geek Chorus"). In March 2004, Newsweek magazine named him one of the 20 most influential South Asians in the nation. More on him at http://www.sree.net.

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 front of the cameras. Sree is energetic and personable. He has a gift for explaining things in a way that makes sense to all, regardless of the level of expertise. -- Debra Williams

"Sree Sreenivasan's course on blogs was extremely insightful and packed full of so much useful information that it's going to take me days to get through it all! He kept the course going at a rapid-fire pace without leaving anyone behind. I highly recommend this course, even if you think you know all you need to know about blogs." -- Taylor Morris
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