http://blogpeoria.com 'I am so gonna blog this.' Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:55:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://blogpeoria.com/blog/2008/07/26/bad-twitter-bad/ http://blogpeoria.com/blog/2008/07/21/how-to-be-a-citizen-journalism/ I'm too tired and I have a busy day day that starts early tomorrow. So I will be brief. If you can read this, then that means the Blog Peoria Network is back and and running on a new and improved version of Word Press Multi user. All the sites I tested ... http://blogpeoria.com/blog/2008/07/19/were-back/ This site is a project no longer. I've called this little experiment "The Blog Peoria Project" for a while. Now that there's more stuff going on here (the host switcheroo is imminent, trust me) and I thought it time to give the joint its grown up name: "The Blog Peoria ... http://blogpeoria.com/blog/2008/06/23/bp-site-news-name-change/ His handle is "scifiguy" and his site is Random Rants and Ravings. He's even followed my advice and posted an "About" page: I live in the East Bluff neighborhood, so there’s plenty to rant about. My pet peeve here are the inconsiderate boobs who think it’s ‘cool’ to crank up ... http://blogpeoria.com/blog/2008/06/20/bp-site-news-new-member-of-the-blog-peoria-network/ Remember Angela Anderson? She ran for Peoria City Council three years ago and almost got on the general election ballot. She became a pal and a supporter of this site. Then she moved to Florida. Something about she and her children wanting to continue to live with her husband, who was ... http://blogpeoria.com/blog/2008/06/19/bp-site-news-new-peoria-blogger/ Here is a nice, comprehensive list for bloggers from Knight Citizen News Network. http://blogpeoria.com/blog/2008/06/18/top-10-rules-for-limiting-legal-risk/ For those who don't know, the Associated Press is telling bloggers that they are violating copyright laws when the reprint any part of an Associated Press article. It's BS of course, because fair use laws allow for the reprint of small parts of an overall article. It's been an established ... http://blogpeoria.com/blog/2008/06/16/ap-is-spoiling-for-a-fight-with-bloggers-that-they-will-lose/ NOTE: The following was sent to me by Rich Miller, and is of interest to those interested in online journalism: After a decade, the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication has decided to cease publication of OJR.org. The archives will remain online, but there will be no new articles. One ... http://blogpeoria.com/blog/2008/06/16/ojrcom-closes-its-digital-doors/ From The Associated Press, here's an article about a training seminar for citizen journalists. The seminar on the basics in journalism was offered by the Society of Professional Journalists. A few interesting paragraphs: Roy Peter Clark, a senior scholar at the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Fla., which supports working journalists, ... http://blogpeoria.com/blog/2008/06/14/more-and-more-so-called-citizen-journalists-getting-training/