This is blog #16. I will complete my 20th blog
entry, as per my honors assignment, on Monday, December 12. The assignment stated
that the 20 posts had to be completed by the end of the semester. Therefore, even
though regular classes end tomorrow, I am hoping that Monday still makes the deadline.
What I want
to do with this post is to state what I wished I had done differently with this
blog assignment, and perhaps a Journalism 120 student next year will be able to
benefit from my hindsight and general tips..
The first
thing is the most obvious: do not
procrastinate. Here I am late in the semester, trying to prepare for my
finals, and I still have to worry about figuring out what I am going to write
about every night…and then I have to write it. It is not as if I dislike writing,
I actually love it, but I find myself grasping at straws on which topic to cover
as the time ticks away. This makes my posts seem rushed and at times
incoherent.
If I just
kept a schedule of one blog post per week, with two or three weeks with two
posts, I would not be writing this “How To” post right now. In addition, there
is always one big media-related news story in every given week to write about.
If it is a big story, with opinions on it flying on both sides—writing your
blog post will be simple. However, if you wait until the end, it is hard to
come up with a quality post.
My final
tip is this, when searching for journalism-related topics to blog about, just
go to Poynter for actual stories and tips from journalists, or go to the
Huffington Post’s Media Page for more controversial and sensational topics to
write about.
Anyway, my
plans are to keep this blog going long after this class ends, so I hope you
will all see my writing develop over time…for the better I hope.
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