Colleen Wilson

Microblogging: Write Small, Think Big “Twitter is all about karma. The more good you put out there the more you receive,” said Sarah Marshall on Mashable. Microblogging: the facet of blogging that works as an instant messaging journal. Messages are publishing in a more succinct format with links to other sources -Why is it popular? […]

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Collaborative Publishing is Here to Stay “The hunter-gatherer model of journalism is no longer sufficient. Citizens can do their own hunting and gathering on the internet. What they need is somebody to add value to that information by processing it–digesting it, organizing it, making it useful.” -Phil Meyer

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This chapter was in-depth look at blogging. I am currently interning at the Fairfax County Republican Committee blog, and found a lot of this information helpful. It’s easy to write posts, but building a follow base, keeping up day-to-day, and understanding the intricacies of writing online are a step above just writing.

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Chapter 1 went over the basics of how digital content works. I was happy to see Google Reader included, because I am a huge fan of the tool. The sections about writing HTML code were particularly interesting, and something that I definitely need to learn more about.

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