ORG COMM

Blogs & MSM (Mainstream Media)

Peggy Noonan in the WSJ OpinionJournal on how blogs have irrevocably changed journalism.

Bloggers Rights

Interesting piece about blogger's rights (or lack thereof) as journalists.

No Protection for Bloggers: Do bloggers, the self-described citizen journalists, deserve the same protections under the law that mainstream reporters do? The question is probably moot, but it's not because blogging is relatively new. Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg.

(Via Wired News)

1 More Student Feed

Added 3:54PM Thursday, Feb. 17th. Add to your Bloglines aggregator if necessary:

http://deanna612.blogspot.com/

2 More Student Feeds

Added 12:36AM Thursday, Feb. 17th. Add to your Bloglines aggregator if necessary:

http://daniellelee917.blogspot.com/

http://sto1.blogspot.com/

2 New Student Syndication Feeds

As of 10PM Wed. Feb. 16. Copy & paste into your Bloglines aggregator:

http://wheresalbert.blogspot.com/

http://beccatredblog.blogspot.com/

Site Meter

Some of you asked about how to tell how many people are visiting your blog. You might want to use a free service like Site Meter. (You have to follow the instructions and put a piece of code in your template.)

Del.icio.us

Set up a (free) del.icio.us account. You can use the same username you set up for Bloglines if you want. I'll explain the power of del.icio.us in class.

Student Blogs Now in my Sidebar

I have put links to current student blogs in my right sidebar under a links list called "Study Blogs." (The other links lists below that one are to student blogs from last semester.) I also emailed an OPML file to most of you (a few of you I don't have working email addresses for). You can use the OPML file as a shortcut for setting everyone's syndication feed up in your Bloglines Aggregator. Or you can just use the links in my sidebar to do it manually.

Pointless Fun

Just a webcam, some Euro-techno-pop, and plenty of dopamine. Enjoy.

If PR is Dead....

I've already mentioned in class how employee blogs are changing the way organizations communicate with customers (and with the outside world in general). Here's a link to a nice piece on Robert Scoble, Microsoft geek blogger (also mentioned in class).

Micro Persuasion: If PR Is Dead...: Micro Persuasion

Steve Rubel on how blogs and participatory journalism are impacting the practice of public relations.

If PR Is Dead...

Then Robert Scoble killed it, according to the Economist. Thanks Robert! Seriously, congrats from your friends, The Rubels. A great article. I am not afraid of the new PR world, are you?

(Via MicroPersuasion)