Flying Solo – blogging tools & getting it out there!
Written on November 14, 2008 – 6:04 pm | by ozjourno
It used to be that a talent in writing was all you needed to become a journalist, but “the times they are a changing”, to coin a Bob Dylan phrase. His words are particularly pertinent to journalists today.
Traditional journalism does have restrictions on time and space, as recounted by solo journalist Kevin Sites. Elements of the truth can be manipulated in traditional media. Smaller, personal stories can be told which in turn can create interest in a bigger issue, a reason for the successes of OhMyNews & Witness.
Tools for the mojo (mobile journalist) & moblogger are evolving rapidly. From wireless broadband, video & camera enabled smartphones & wireless keyboards for mobiles, for mojo’s on the move, to compact video cameras as seen in the U.S. elections. The internet demands journos multi-task. This is needed for fast uploading of stories – variety & convenience rules.
Cover It Live video blog is used by leading news agencies & has upload capability from your mobile for faster visual story-telling.
Unless it is getting read – what’s the use? How do you tell? Technorati, in particular, ranks sites, with the more you are linked to other sites, the higher ranking your site achieves. You can also see ranking by fan base numbers:
or comments numbers:
You can also try joining a newsgroup as a community columnist, such as on Newsvine, which also pays the columnist 90% of the advertising revenue generated from your column to you!
Still, unless your writing is credible – forget it. Australian sites ending in .gov.au, .edu.au & .org.au contain more credible information & contacts. Check domain names at Whois. The longer they have been around, the more likely they are to be credible.
Write On!
Tags: blogging, mobile journalism, moblogging, mojo, technorati, tools, vlog, vlogging
