Here we go again

I'm once again teaching Blogging for Journalists at the University of Northern Colorado. I'm excited to see what the students write about, and how they take to the craft. I've got a good mix of journalism and non-journalism majors, so it should be  interesting.

This semester I've decided to teach the class as a hybrid, meaning that we'll meet once a week as a class, rather than online only, which I've done in the past. I think this will work nicely. I'm planning to meet with students during class to critique their blog posts. I think doing this in person will help them learn.

I can't wait to see what the semester brings.

Refresh your page

Students: Please hit refresh when you visit this page because I've fixed the links to your blogs.

Students are blogging

My students are starting to blog. You can see the links on the right side of the page. Blogs will be active for at least the next month.

What I miss

Some things I miss during the pandemic:

• Brunch at Tangerine;
• Listening to Jerry, Dennis and Dave banter during Boston Red Sox games;
• Stopping for coffee and a muffin at The Human Bean on my way in to Greeley.

Things I don't miss during the pandemic:

• Office hours when nobody shows up, which is usually how it goes.
• Sitting through city council meetings.
• Driving to Greeley.

Class is about to begin

I am once again teaching Blogging for Journalists. The class will run during May-June 2020. I am excited to teach this class. I hope students will learn a lot and have fun.

Great class

Well, class is over for the summer. It went well. Students did a great job blogging, and I think they learned a little. I learned some things, too. I will definitely change a couple of things next time I teach it. Looking forward to next time.

Students are doing great

We're now halfway through the semester, and students are doing great. They are now posting to their blogs three times a week. They are also required to comment on two of their classmates' posts per week. We've actually got some interesting discussions going. A good conversation is one of the positives of a well-done blog, in my opinion.

Reading the posts from the past week, I was struck by how much impact a good image can  have on a blog's audience. I was particularly intrigued by the photos of food and drink on Zoie Campbell's blog and the image of the placenta on Desirae Holliday's blog. The one of the milkshake made me want to drive to Greeley and order one at Stuft, and the one of the placenta made me wonder why on earth anyone would eat something like that. To each her own, I guess.