Citizen Journalism Workshop at Blogworld

Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 2:38:54 pm PDT

If you’re going to the Blogworld & New Media Expo next month, here’s an interesting workshop you might be interested in attending; they need to get some signups soon or the workshop may be canceled: Citizen Journalism Workshop.

The new journalism training certificate workshop AT BLOGWORLD & NEW MEDIA EXPO is for bloggers seeking to deepen and broaden their journalistic skills. This workshop focuses on tools and skills news and information bloggers can use to improve the quality, and impact of their blogs.

Bloggers and new media journalists will learn techniques of traditional journalists, including styles of opinion writing, investigative reporting techniques and fact-sourcing, avoiding legal pitfalls and tips on what makes a post most likely to get one quoted or cited by larger blogs, as well as the mainstream media.

Obviously I’m doing the “avoiding legal pitfalls” part, in a session called “Top 10 Ways to Blog Your Way Into a Lawsuit.” which I’ve billed as a fast paced romp through the legal risks that bloggers might face. As serious as this topic is - I think people’s fears cause them to not want to think about the risks - but actually looking at them makes them much easier to prevent. So I’ve tried to make this session fun and easy to handle.

I hope my blogging friends will sign up for program.