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Print To Online: March 2009
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Sunday, March 22, 2009. More on Audio, PLUS . Signing Off. I followed the instructions in the previous post. On getting permission to use audio on your site, and finally got permission from Jon Brion's people to use his beautiful song "Little People" as background music to a family video I made over Thanksgiving. Thanks, Jon Brion's people! You can see the result here. And with that, I'm going to put this blog on hiatus. Making the print to online transition over at Seattlepi.com. See my Twitter feed here.
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Print To Online: Question: Why bother with Twitter?
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Saturday, January 24, 2009. Question: Why bother with Twitter? Food Writer Rebekah Denn. Writes in with this question about Twitter. My problem with Twitter is that I feel like I'm just adding (and getting) another layer of noise. I get a lot of information from my Google Reader. I probably have 50 blogs on it. What's the advantage to following the same people on Twitter? Won't I just be finding out, say, that they've posted something that I'm going to see on my reader soon anyway? And conversely, how mu...
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Print To Online: Twittering Class by Monica Guzman
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Friday, February 20, 2009. Twittering Class by Monica Guzman. Fame gave an informative lecture at the Seattle PI. On using Twitter and RSS feeds to inform and distribute your reporting. In addition to many of the ideas already posted in my previous post Why Bother with Twitter. Monica had a lot of great advice for new Twitterers:. Just get in there and splash around. 2 Monica gave a handy list of dos and don'ts for new Twitterers:. C More generally, don't just use Twitter to promote stuff. Eventually, or...
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Print To Online: Using music on your blog or Website
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Sunday, February 22, 2009. Using music on your blog or Website. This has meant that we've been advised to use no more than 15 seconds of a song. (For a song only 30 seconds long though you couldn't use a sample of this size, because 15 seconds would be half the song, a significant portion). So what do you do if you want to use the whole dang song? I cruised around the Internet and found that there are three main sites that license songs: ASCAP. But how to get one? You can also call the BMI repertoire inf...
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Print To Online: Getting Started with Audio
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Thursday, February 12, 2009. Getting Started with Audio. At the University of Florida has another great post. In her series on web skills: How to get started uploading and editing audio. Like me, Mindy recommends using Audacity editing software, because it's free and - while not completely intuitive - it's somewhat easy to use. Give it a try - all reporters should know their way around at least one digital audio recording device and one digital editing program. Audacity's a great place to start. How To M...
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Print To Online: Making Money off Blogging, part II
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Friday, February 13, 2009. Making Money off Blogging, part II. If you're planning on getting into blogging so you can make wads of money, you'll probably be less than happy to see what Fake Steve Jobs has to say about blogging. Turns out, the blog wasn't the cash cow he thought it would be. Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A blog to help the traditional print journalist learn the skills they need to survive and thrive online. See my Twitter feed here.
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Print To Online: Freelance tips from a freelance pro
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Thursday, February 26, 2009. Freelance tips from a freelance pro. Freelancer Michelle Goodman is coming to the Seattle PI tomorrow to teach a session on freelancing to the PI staff. Here's her resource/link guide:. Michelle's excellent Blog: www.anti9to5guide.com. Michelle's excellent book on freelancing book: My So-Called Freelance Life: How to Survive and Thrive as a Creative Professional for Hire. Follow Michelle on Twitter. Articles/blog posts of mine that may be of interest:. When to Work for Nothing.
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Print To Online: Legal Guide for bloggers
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Thursday, February 12, 2009. Legal Guide for bloggers. If you are a blogger you should definitely know about and read the Electronic Frontier Foundation's legal guide for bloggers. If you don't know about the EFF's Legal Guide, now's a great time to check it out - the guide has just been updated with new FAQs and info. And as we know, "I didn't know" probably isn't going to help you in front of a judge. There is no more. Ignore the "Read More" prompt! Labels: law and ethics. An update about my recent work.
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