SEJ2006 Blog – Not Just for Journalists

By on October 22, 2006 in Blogging with 1 Comment

The Society of Environmental Journalists Conference is about to get underway in Burlington, VT this week.

One of my favorite bloggers, Amy Gahran, is spearheading the SEJC2006 blog and asks a very important question: What Do You Want to See in this Blog? 

I’m confident the question is directed at members, speakers and attendees – but also to those who are interested in the environment and how the media covers these issues. I know several readers of this site are very much interested in these things, so I encourage you to visit the blog and chime in.

Personally, I’d like to suggest the use of photos and video (and using Flickr and YouTube) within the blog. Another suggestion would be the use of SlideShare for some of the presentations.

As more conferences begin to understand the value of live-blogging and use it as a tool of extended communication, I hope the SEJ2006 blog will prove to be an example.

I’m also pleased that SEJ President, Perry Beeman of the Des Moines Register, will be an active participant in the blog.

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  • http://rightconversation.com Amy Gahran

    Hey Mike, thanks for mentioning this project. It’s a fun experiment, if time-consuming.
    As for photos, videos, and audio — Hell yes! The only catch is that most of the people who have signed up to contribute to this blog are total blog newbies, mainly with only print-media experience. Frankly, it’s a challenge just to get many of them including links and images in their posts.
    Contributors are responsible for preparing their own image an media files for posting. As long as they do that, I’m fine with them posting audio or video. I welcome it. I just don’t know how much of that we’ll see with this particular crew of volunteers. But ya never know…
    - Amy Gahran

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