The last week of January was a big week for our journalism class. We are focusing on increasing Web traffic on ATHENSi.com. We are thinking of journalists as facilitators of a diverse conversation within a community.
We had three days with over 400 unique visitors to ATHENSi.com! On the big snow day, when Ohio University was closed due to weather (for the first time in 10 years), ATHENSi.com had almost 600 visitors.
Let's keep the conversation going.
This is what we've been doing and what we think about it. Check it out.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Saturday, January 24, 2009
What we like about ATHENSi.com
This video features the students enrolled in the advanced journalism on the Web course, which is helping to upgrade ATHENSi.com during the winter quarter.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Group photo of "coaches"
Here are the students in the J415/515 class, ready and willing to provide coaching on getting YOUR content onto ATHENSi.com.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Class podcast for day 1
ATHENSi.com is a course in the JSchool one quarter out of the year. This is the quarter (Winter 08-09). We meet only on Fridays, 9-noon. Our first meeting was last Friday. Here's the podcast of the class session.
The podcast begins with Bob Stewart, the course instructor, introducing the class to the approach that will be taken during the quarter. Email Stewart at stewartr@ohio.edu if you have any feedback or questions.
The podcast begins with Bob Stewart, the course instructor, introducing the class to the approach that will be taken during the quarter. Email Stewart at stewartr@ohio.edu if you have any feedback or questions.
Get read on ATHENSi.com!
2009 will be an important year for ATHENSi.com... We starting the year with a journalism class full of students interested in online journalism. The main goal: make ATHENSi.com an even more robust and useful Web site for the community of Athens, Ohio.
The goal: help Athenians to reach other members in our community by means of ATHENSi.com. I spoke yesterday at the Rotary Club to explain the process and the goals. Listen to podcast of my talk at Rotary Club.
I've already added two blogs as a result of yesterday's talk:
1. rotaractathens.blogspot.com, from the Rotaract of Athens group, will show up in ATHENSi.com's community section.
2. themesathens.blogspot.com, a blog for the Athens Themes store, is included in ATHENSi.com's marketplace section.
The goal: help Athenians to reach other members in our community by means of ATHENSi.com. I spoke yesterday at the Rotary Club to explain the process and the goals. Listen to podcast of my talk at Rotary Club.
I've already added two blogs as a result of yesterday's talk:
1. rotaractathens.blogspot.com, from the Rotaract of Athens group, will show up in ATHENSi.com's community section.
2. themesathens.blogspot.com, a blog for the Athens Themes store, is included in ATHENSi.com's marketplace section.
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