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TOW: NewsU course
Our teacher had all of her students, including me, take a grammar course online. http://www.newsu.org/courses/cleaning-your-copy-grammar-style-and-more One of the first things you do is take a...
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TOW: Avoiding Plagiarism
Chapter 3 in the book we use for class (2nd link on the bottom of the page) discusses how to avoid legal hassles and one of those is plagiarism. There are many ways to avoid plagiarism. One huge one is...
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TOW #7 Twitter
So, once again for my pr class I had to do a week of Twitter. This time was not too much different. It was less informative and fun than last time. I had already discovered TweetDeck, already followed...
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TOW #8 The Lead Lab
So, this week we had to do a Poynter NewsU lab, The Lead Lab, for our class. http://www.newsu.org/courses/lead-lab I learned a good deal of different things. I learned about the different types of...
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TOW 9: PR OpenMic
This week I joined OpenMic and mostly just played around with it. I did not really post anything other than a little bit of essential information about me. I wanted to get a feel for the network....
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Newsworth or Not?
There are many factors that make a story newsworthy. The writer must always be aware of what will appeal to media gatekeepers. Timeliness, Prominence, Proximity, Significance, Unusualness, Human...
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TOW 10: Site Stats
The Site Stats page on wordpress for your blog tells you things like how many views your blog has perday, which day was the most popular, and how many total views you have. It will also tell you how...
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TOW 11: Infographics
Infographics are computer-generated artwork that attractively displays simple tables and charts. They can be things like a bar graph about how many flowers are sold and they use flowers stacked to...
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TOW 13: Driving Journalists Crazzzzy 10 Ways
There are many ways that public relations people drive journalists crazy. From a personal standpoint I can say that I have personally have conflicts with a journalist, my journalism teacher! Being in...
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Top 10′s to Pen!
I have posted previously my top 10 tips for blogging that post was: 1. If the blog posts are assignments do them ahead of time. 2. Write small paragraphs, they are easier to read. 3. If you need...
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