Os blogs na aprendizagem do Jornalismo

Num texto publicado no site da BBC News e intitulado Blogs reflect power of the pen (obrigado ao António Granado pela dica), o professor de jornalismo da City University, de Londres, explica a razão pela qual recorre aos blogues no seu trabalho docente:
"The students in my online journalism class at City University are all building weblogs this week. Some have them already, of course, since they've realised that engaging with the new media is a sensible option for any journalist. But the others are taking their first tentative steps into posting entries, commenting on what other people say and trying to attract an audience, however modest.
They don't have to write personal journals or reveal anything about their private lives: they've been asked to blog interesting stories in the area of online journalism and new media, which may be a bit self-referential but is at least relevant to the course(...)".
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