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		<title>Learn the basics at my Digital Journalism Camp course</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michelle V. Rafter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I need your help - what journalism basics should I cover in a talk at Digital Journalism Camp, Saturday, Aug. 1, here in Portland. Take this poll to weigh in with your views.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m teaching a class on journalism basics at <a href="http://michellerafter.wordpress.com/2009/07/24/sign-up-now-for-portland-digital-journalism-camp/">Digital Journalism Camp</a> here in Portland this Saturday, Aug. 1.</p>
<p><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3360" title="Digital Journalism Camp logo" src="http://michellerafter.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/digital-journalism-camp-logo1.jpg?w=300" alt="Digital Journalism Camp logo" width="240" height="104" />To get ready, I&#8217;m asking writers going to the camp, as well as <a href="http://michellerafter.com#utm_source=feed&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=feed">WordCount</a> readers and my crews on <a href="http://www.twitter.com">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com">Facebook</a> and <a href="http://www.linkedin.com">LinkedIn</a> to help me decide what topics to cover in the presentation.</p>
<p>I talk up the benefits of <a href="http://michellerafter.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/new-ways-to-use-linkedin-to-find-story-sources/">crowdsourcing</a> in other aspects of freelance work, so I figured this is a good opportunity to  practice what I preach.</p>
<p><strong>The class is geared to</strong> entry-level reporters, writers and bloggers who&#8217;d like to learn some tricks of the trade from a <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">old fart </span>veteran. The class could also be helpful to freelancers or <a href="http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/03/five-tips-for-citizen-journalism-from-propublicas-new-crowdsorcerer/?=sidelink">citizen journalists</a> who&#8217;ve come to writing or blogging from a different career and need a better mastery of the basics, including doing research, finding <a href="http://michellerafter.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/once-a-source-always-a-source/">sources</a>, making corrections and <a href="http://michellerafter.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/prepping-for-the-big-one-12-ways-to-ace-a-vip-interview/">prepping for interviews</a>.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re coming to Digital Journalism Camp, or will be reading the live blogs or tweets from conference sessions, what should I cover? Use this poll to tell me what you&#8217;d like to see. Feel free to provide additional feedback using the comments section.</p>
<p>If you can&#8217;t make it to the conference and don&#8217;t follow the tweets, I&#8217;ll be sharing some of my tips and tricks here in coming weeks.</p>
<a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/1815226">Take Our Poll</a>
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