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Talking to the OU OJSS

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A brief outline of the talk I’m giving to the Online Journalism Student Society at Ohio University.

Title: PAST :: FUTURE :: PRESENT

1) Who I Am: An intro

2) What I’ll be talking about:

I’m going to skip the past; I tend to wax on about it enough.  I’m going to start with the future, because that’s what I’m most interested in, and then talk about the present, because as graduating students, that’s what you’re most interested in.

I) WHAT MEDIA WEB SITES NEED TO DO

* Becoming Popular on the Web

Case Study: ZeFrank

* Types of Content That Work Best

cockeyed ? How much is inside ...

* Sites Doing Journalism Right, Now

International Herald Tribune
http://www.iht.com/

3) How to Get Hired as an Online Journalist

* Skills: Focus on journalism, not software

* Experience: Get involved now, today, with an online site.  Do it from your dorm room.

* Contacts: Networking is key; on the internet, your voice can carry

* Passion: Without this, you won’t be a happy online journalist.  You need to be ready to speak up for what you believe, online and with your co-workers.

4) Where to Contact Me

Overheard

“BBFF (Best Bacon Friends Forever)”

...who said it?

“I find myself thinking of a checklist Wozniak wrote a few years ago describing how to become a genius. His advice was straightforward yet strangely terrible: You must clarify your goals, gain knowledge through spaced repetition, preserve health, work steadily, minimize stress, refuse interruption, and never resist sleep when tired. This should lead to radically improved intelligence and creativity. The only cost: turning your back on every convention of social life.”

...who said it?

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.”

...who said it?

“Ever have something in your teeth that you cannot stop tonguing?”

...who said it?

“ . . . the war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan’s advantage.”

...who said it?

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