Our first link is about ‘FYLP’

HARTLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Well, it took only a few hours for one of you to submit the first link in our contest — an E-Media Tidbit from Poynter Online about the multimedia magazine FYLP. It's from Kaitlin D. Trina M. submitted a link on another topic by commenting on the posting about the contest a minute later than Kaitlin’s e-mail. While I appreciate the enthusiasm, I've asked Trina to resubmit hers via e-mail before I repost it here.

Here's what Kaitlin said with her link:

“Working for my high school newspaper for two years, I know how important the cost of making a newspaper is. There were many times when we actually had to shorten our newspaper or cut stories and fill it with ads just so we could have an issue.

Link, comment your way to extra credit

HARTLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. — As promised, today I'm announcing an opportunity for extra credit in this class through a contest designed to enhance everything we do in our assignments and on our discussion board.

This blog is dedicated to online journalism and you can earn extra credit by helping me add content and discussion. Tally enough points by submitting links to me related to online journalism and by commenting on posts from others in this blog and you can boost your grade.

Here's how it'll work. There will be two ways to earn points. They are:

My Take on Week 2 Readings — Back to the Future

HARTLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. — As promised, here’s my take on this week’s readings (feel free to post a comment, but it’s not required. We'll keep the graded discussions on Blackboard).

Chapter 2 of “Principles of Convergent Journalism” says you have to broaden your knowledge and skill base to make it in today’s converged journalism world. It's no lie — at least locally. But an important factor driving the changes, in my view that the book doesn't address, is the contraction of resources at news outlets.