Write up of Advanced Blogging

PROF. REEL, I had this last class but got so caught up with finishing my video, and forgot to turn it in. I do have an actual print out but I put it on here just to prove to you that I did do it.
So sorry, Brittaney






Brittaney Major
MCOM 226
Professor Reel
1 February 2012
          After reading the chapter on Advanced Blogging, I know see the techniques that major bloggers use. Since blogging is one of the most recent types of journalistic publication, there is still some debate on how to effectively blog news stories. How frequently it should be updated, whether there should be more than one contributor to a blog, what the layout will look like, whether or not to allow audience feedback/comments, whether or not to use photos/videos/screenshots to describe the story, etc. All in all, this chapter discussed exactly how blogging got started and some of the main rules that have been discovered so far.
          In the three blogs that I looked at, specifically perezhilton.com, momsandbabies.com and fashiongonerogue.com, they obeyed most of the rules observed in this chapter. To start off, the theme or topic of the blog was clear and consistent throughout the entire webpage. Additionally, it was easy for the user to figure out how to navigate around the blog site. There were clear links to navigate from one section to another. Some attributed to full articles on topics that were discussed throughout the blogs, while some others were links to pictures, videos or surveys. The writers of all three blogs had content that was believable. On Perez Hilton’s website, he did a really good job with his “scanability.” There were many places where a quote or a headline would stick out so that if a reader was just scrolling through, their eye would easily get caught on something. For Moms and Babies, there is a picture for each blurb which could help a user identify quickly while scanning.