In my “How to leverage Facebook” post I mentioned how to create a Facebook page for your newspaper. I also complained that the lack of RSS support was a problem.
SimplyRSS has solved that problem by adding page functionality, and I am currently using SimplyRSS for The Temple News. I suggest adding your paper’s blog and site feeds to get some more pageviews as well as spreading awareness of your content.
Thanks to Scott Stewart of the Gateway for giving me the heads up.
Today, I had the pleasure of hearing one of the bloggers I read speak today. What was better is I got paid for it.
Mark Dueze , media theorist and writer of Deuzeblog, stopped by Temple Multimedia Urban Reporting Lab (where I work) to speak to the students and to promote his new book MediaWork. The book, as well as much of his presentation, is about Mark’s many interviews with creative professionals such as journalists, video game programmers, and advertisers. And I have to say it was one of the best lectures I have heard in my four years here.
First, he didn’t give us the usually doom and gloom, something that, as a student, pisses me off to no end. He also admitted as a journalism educator that colleges aren’t doing the best job of preparing students.
Below are two videos that encompass the first half of the speech. I warn you, I recorded the presentation with a $100 camera, which was then compressed and put on YouTube. Therefore, the quality isn’t that high. Let me know if you are interested in the raw files.
Part One
Part Two Edit: (problem with number 2, will be fixed tomorrow)
Click through if you’d like to see a summary of his speech.
Sean Blanda is a journalist / entrepreneur living in Philly. Read more