Blog Presentations

Here's the schedule for your in-class presentations:

November 3
Jason Henry (fivethirtyeight.com)
Tashaine Campbell (The Huffington Post)
Caitlin Thomson (Got2BeGreen)

November 10
Laura Kopa (Mashable)
Katie Braun (People of Walmart)
Matt Wilson (Metafilter)
Jaime Pope (DetentionSlip.org)

November 17
Greg Garland (Zen Habits)
Rin Little (Generacion Y)
Dave Yungwirth (Seth Godin's Blog)
Jesse Milliner (Bad Astronomy)

December 1
Elizabeth Foster (Lifehacker)
Brian DeRiggi (BoingBoing)
Matt Reilly (Deadspin)
Natalya Wharton (Confessions of a Pioneer Woman)

December 9
Liz Russell (Crooks and Liars)
Adam Graham (Freakonomics)
David King (needs to sign up for a blog)

Presentations should be at least 15 minutes long. You should research the blog and become a mini-expert on the blog. Your presentation will introduce your colleagues to the blog and cover the following things:

* History of the blog and critical analysis (based on research) of what makes this blog so vital per Time Magazine
* Background on the bloggers
* Demographic
* Subject range of the blog
* Community developed through the blog -- who reads the blog, which blogs are linked to here, what other blogs are regularly referenced, etc.
* Most extraordinary posts you found on the blog
* An analysis of the quality of writing and information you found on the blog

Be thorough in your research. You will use the information from your presentations to craft an 8-10 page paper at the end of the term. You'll receive two grades -- one for the presentation and one for the paper.