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Understand the significance of blogs in modern media. Discover how blogs have shaped news consumption and audience interaction, exploring their influence on online communities. Learn about effective blogging strategies and best practices for building a loyal readership. Explore the dynamic world of blogging and its role in shaping public opinion and information dissemination.
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How far can knowledge travel? Faculty Affiliates January 26, 2010
What is a blog? (from Ian Hsu, Director of Internet Media Outreach)
Easy way to publish content to the Web… .. . in reverse chronological order ENTER OPTIONAL TEXT HERE
With the rise of niche online audiences, blogs have become the go-to news/analysis sources for influentials. • With a blog, anyone can build a direct, ongoing communications channel with an audience. ENTER OPTIONAL TEXT HERE
News Sites100M(US Monthly uniques) Blogs77M(US Monthly uniques) Data: ComScore
9 of the top 27Online news sources for the 2008 election were blogs Data: Hitwise
Nytimes.com12.2MUS Monthly uniques(est) Huffingtonpost.com10.5MUS Monthly uniques Data: Quantcast
Politico.com4MUS Monthly uniques(est) Washingtonpost.com10.5MUS Monthly uniques Data: Quantcast
Blogging best practices? • Regularly post outstanding content • Be generous, be social • Promote your (and our) blog • Promote blog subscriptions
Clayman InstituteGender News @ Stanford • Regularly post outstanding content • Featured articles every two weeks • Other updates as they are provided/ • identified
Clayman InstituteGender News @ Stanford • 2. Be generous, be social • Twitter • Repost articles from other Stanford sites and aligned organizations
Clayman InstituteGender News @ Stanford • 2. Promote our blog • Twitter • Stanford News Service • Stanford Report • NCRW • Anita Borg • _____________?
Clayman InstituteGender News @ Stanford • 4. Promote blog subscriptions • RSS • FaceBook • Email (pending)
Clayman InstituteGender News @ Stanford • The travels of one news story……. 11/22 11/24 Dec 1/9
Clayman InstituteGender News @ Stanford • You can be part of Gender News! • Send updates • Provide content • Offer to be interviewed in video • Let us know what is coming up • Help us with distribution
Clayman InstituteGender News @ Stanford You can be part of Gender News! • Send updates • Provide content • Offer to be interviewed in video • Let us know what is coming up • Help us with distribution