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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

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Instructor Bio

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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 named him one of the nation's 20 most influential South Asians and in 2009 AdAge named him "one of 25 media people to follow on Twitter." You can find him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/sreenet.

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

"Sree's dynamic, exciting, engaging, and an expert in the field." -- Janet Jensen

"Now I know why Sree is a rock star on the web. He's knowledgeable, engaging, and entertaining. He could easily teach a different class every night." -- Sherrie Ann De Leon

"This seminar couldn't be better. Sree is articulate and engaging, and really understands both his subject and the needs of the media professionals who attended the seminar." -- Lynn Brenner

"Sree knows his stuff. He packs lots of information into a totally engaging, fast-paced class. I strongly recommend this class for anyone who wants to understand social networking and how to apply it to their professional endeavors." -- TaRessa Stovall
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