How to blog like an old school journalist: Wordcamp

On Saturday I gave a presentation to WordCamp Auckland 2014: How to blog like an old school journalist.

Here’s a link to my slides. You can download it and open it full-screen:

Blogging isn’t the same as old-school journalism. It’s less about recording facts and more about ideas or experiences. Blgging has influenced modern journalism — the lines between the two forms of writing are blurring. Yet there are still lessons worth learning from the old way of doing things.

Much of the material is a shortened form of posts elsewhere on this site. You might like to explore the following:

• Writing for the web in 300 words
• Go easy on the adjectives
• Said will do
• Narcissistic capitals
• Use be verbs sparingly