Class went by so quickly today! As promised, here is the information we either missed or had to go through quickly:
Types of blog posts: (Also in the handouts tab)
- News event preview – looks forward to an upcoming announcement and explains the possibilities and meanings of what is to come
- Breaking news – instead of focusing solely on the new information (a speaker is chosen), this post explains why this “breaking news” matters in the gran scheme of things
- Solicit reader assistance – this one is a bit unorganized, but you can see how the author has given context and information while asking for opinions
- Human interest/helpful items – this is written in first-person, whereas yours needs to be sourced, but it is a very thorough example of this type of post
- Profile/Ask an Expert– in this case, the writer is the expert, but you could follow a similar approach by taking readers’ questions and asking an expert source, then writing it up as a blog post