Blogging Guidelines for Spring 2012 Classes

Public relations practitioners are increasingly called upon to be well-versed in social media. This semester, you will blog as about one-third of your grade in our class.  You will add content to your blog weekly throughout the semester. Feel free to continue to use an existing blog of yours, unless you feel compelled to start …

Blogging Guidelines for COMM 2322 (PR Applications), Fall 2011

Public relations practitioners are increasingly called upon to be well-versed in social media. This semester, you will blog as almost half of your grade in our class.  You will add content to your blog weekly throughout the semester. Feel free to continue to use an existing blog of yours, unless you feel compelled to start …

Blogging Guidelines for COMM 2423 (Writing for Digital Media), Fall 2011

One form of writing for digital media is blogging. You will add content to your blog weekly throughout the semester. Feel free to continue to use an existing blog of yours, unless you feel compelled to start fresh with a new blog for this course. My WordPress 101 post will help you get started with …

Blogging Guidelines for PR Apps & PR Writing

Public relations practitioners are increasingly called upon to be well-versed in social media. This semester, you will blog as a part of your grade in our class. (See your syllabus for the specific percentage.) You will add content to your blog weekly throughout the semester. Feel free to continue to use an existing blog of …

Blogging Guidelines :: Social Media for PR Classes

For my Social Media for PR Classes (COMM 4633 & SPC 4350): Since our course is called Social Media for PR, it’s only natural that writing and maintaining your own blog is a vital part of the course; your blog will be 30% of your grade in the class. You will add content to your …

Blogging Guidelines for COMM 4363

This post explains the types of content I expect you to write about in your blog for COMM 4363: Corporate Public Relations. (For information on how to start your blog, see Getting Started with WordPress.) This blog counts as a quarter of of your grade in the class, and it does require frequent “care and …

Blogging Guidelines for COMM 2322

This post explains the types of content I expect you to write about in your blog for COMM 2322: Public Relations Applications. (For information on how to start your blog, see Getting Started with WordPress.) This blog counts as about a third of your grade in the class, and it does require frequent “care and …

Blogging Guidelines :: #PRCA3330 and #COMM4333, Fall 2010

“You only learn to be a better writer by actually writing.” Doris Lessing In addition to traditional writing assignments (news releases, feature stories, etc.) in our PR Writing course, all students in my PRCA 3330 classes at Georgia Southern University and COMM 4333 class at Southeastern University will also create and maintain a blog as …

Blogging Guidelines for #PRCA2330

This post explains the types of content I expect you to write about in your blog for PRCA 2330: Introduction to Public Relations. (For information on how to start your blog, see Getting Started with WordPress.) Please add a category for each type (listed below), and make sure each post is categorized appropriately. Each post …

Blogging Guidelines :: #PRCA3330 PR Writing, Summer 2010

“You only learn to be a better writer by actually writing.” Doris Lessing In addition to traditional writing assignments (news releases, feature stories, etc.) in our PR Writing course, all students in my PRCA 3330 classes at Georgia Southern University will also create and maintain a blog as part of the course. This post explains …