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How to Password Protect a WordPress Page
Posted on 23. Feb, 2012 by Aaron Manfull.
I had a question asked to me this week about how to password protect a page in WordPress. Why would a staff want to do this? Maybe they want to put the staff manual there. Maybe it’s for a contest the staff is running. The possibilities are endless. Creating a password protected page in WordPress [...]
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A post on Poynter.org shares cheap and useful tools for journalists
Posted on 20. Feb, 2012 by Aaron Manfull.
Mark Webber of Vidal M. Treviño School of Communications and Fine Arts in Laredo, Texas, shared this post with me a couple weeks ago. It’s a great piece that highlights cheap and useful tools for entrepreneurial journalists. What Mark noticed, is that these are some great tools for scholastic programs as well to not only [...]
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Cover It Live Chat: Social Media and the High School Journalist – Incorporating Social Media Into Your Program
Posted on 28. Jan, 2012 by Aaron Manfull.
The digital media committee hosted the first in a series of JEA’s Cover It Live chats. The event was Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012 and covered a variety of topics from how to use social media if your school blocks the sites to best practices with the different social options. If you didn’t get a chance [...]
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Join Us For Tonight’s Cover It Live Chat: Social Media and High School Journalism
Posted on 26. Jan, 2012 by Aaron Manfull.
Join the Digital Media Committee as we host the first of JEA’s weekly Cover It Live online chats. Our discussion will center around high school journalism and social media. The chat will take place tonight at 7 p.m. CST. This is an online chat for anyone. If your staff is already online and social we’d [...]
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Recommended Places to Buy WordPress Premium Themes
Posted on 25. Jan, 2012 by Aaron Manfull.
In a previous post I looked at five reasons premium themes were better than their free alternatives. Today, I want to give you a few places to go to where I and others have had success with finding premium WordPress themes. The four places I’ve used quite a bit and had success with are: Rockettheme.com [...]
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The News and Retractions of Joe Paterno’s Death Told Through Storify
Posted on 22. Jan, 2012 by Aaron Manfull.
Joe Paterno’s failing health was a topic of conversation on the web Jan. 21. It became the main thing being talked about though around 8 p.m. when numerous news organizations reported that the former Penn State football coach had died. Word spread quickly, and just about as fast, news organizations began retracting their initial reports [...]
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Video Tutorials on setting up, moderating and participating in a CoverItLive chat
Posted on 20. Jan, 2012 by Aaron Manfull.
We’ve posted pieces on CoverItLive before on this site. It’s on online tool you can use to host live, online discussions. You can see the Hilite.org staff’s use of it during the 2011 State of the Union Address. The program has a variety of uses ranging from live coverage of news and sports events to [...]
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Premium v. Free WordPress Themes: 5 Reasons to Go With a Premium One
Posted on 12. Jan, 2012 by Aaron Manfull.
While premium WordPress themes are one more expense for staffs moving online, they are generally investments that are well worth the money spent. WordPress makes it very easy to change the look and feel of your site. With just a couple clicks on the backend of WordPress you can present your site in a completely [...]
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Pick a team, follow its sports writers on Twitter, improve your reporting
Posted on 06. Jan, 2012 by Aaron Manfull.
Mashable posted a piece yesterday entitled 11 Sports Writers you need to Follow on Twitter. It’s a good list that includes big names from Erin Andrews of ESPN to Grantland.com founder Bill Simmons. While the list is good, I think students and advisers looking for some best practices in sports reporting should turn to specific [...]
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