The Elements of Blogging / Leccese, Mark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leccese, Mark, author.

Lanson, Jerry, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blogs.

Online journalism.

Authorship--Study and teaching.

Authorship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 pages)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Expanding the conversation of journalism

Place of Publication:

Routledge, 2015.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Becoming a blogger takes practice, hard work, and, ultimately, a passion for the craft. Whether you plan to blog on politics or parenting, The Elements of Blogging is designed to give you the skills and strategies to get started, to sustain your work, and to seek out a robust audience. This book is loaded with practical advice on important topics such as determining a niche, finding the best stories, and blogging effectively and ethically. It features examples from both amateur and professional bloggers that show the techniques for building an argument, finding a voice, crafting a headline, and establishing a brand. Key features: Real-world applicability. This book includes thumbnail profiles of bloggers and their sites, which illuminate key skills you will need to become an effective blogger Interactivity. Each chapter features discussion points and exercises intended to get you to think about, reflect on, and apply the contents of each chapter Creativity. While this book dives into software and plug-ins for bloggers, its main goal is to cover how to write blogs on a myriad of topics: news, opinion pieces, travel, politics, art, and more. Visit the companion website: http://www.theelementsofblogging.com/

Notes:

Online resource; Title from title page (viewed July 16, 2015)

Includes index.

OCLC:

915576619