Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Advice and Samples

Some Advice about Writing Blogs

Neil Patel's Guide to Writing Popular Blog Posts
From ProBlogger.

The Anatomy of a Better Blog Post
By Darren Rowse, on ProBlogger.



Samples with a UW-Madison Connection

John Hawks Weblog
A blog on paleoanthropology, by Professor John Hawks, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Serial Readers
A blog which invites readers to read and discuss Victorian stories and novels serially, as they were originally published, by Professor Susan Bernstein, Department of English, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The Extratextuals
A blog about television, film, and other media, as well as excellenct advice about applying for graduate study and applying for faculty positions in media and cultural studies, by Professor Jonathan Gray, Department of Communicaton Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quomodcocumque
"The purpose of this blog is to record interesting things I read, see, eat, hear, or otherwise encounter," by Professor Jordan Ellenberg, Department of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The Education Optimists
A blog about current issues in education, by Professor Sara Goldrick-Rab, Department of Educational Policy Studies at UW-Madison, and Liam Goldrick, Director of Policy, New Teacher Center, Madison, WI.

Althouse
A blog on the law, on politics, and contemporary events, by Professor Ann Althouse, School of Law, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Wine Dark Sea
A blog about Shakespeare scholarship, including quantitative approaches to literary study and history, by Michael Wittmore, Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library and formerly Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The Well-Tempered Ear
A blog on classical music in Madison, Wisconsin, and beyond, by Jacob Stockinger, lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and former arts editor of The Capital Times.

Feminist Ryan Gossling
Flashcards about feminist theorists, by Danielle, a graduate student in Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Scholar as Citizen
Reflections on contemporary political issues, through the lens of history, geography, and environmental studies, by Professor William Cronon, Department of History, Department of Geography, and Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Speakeasy Science
A blog about science and science writing, by Pulitzer-Prize winning Professor Deborah Blum, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

E pur si muove!
A blog about philosophy and contemporary events and culture, by Professor Lester Hunt, Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Econbrowser

A blog about economic conditions and policy, by Professor Menzie Chinn, Economics Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Professor James Hamilton, Economics Department, University of California, San Diego.

Another Word
Blog about the UW-Madison Writing Center and about writing center studies, by staff and alumni of the UW-Madison Writing Center, coordinated by Brad Hughes, director of the Writing Center and director of writing across the curriculum.

Uncovering Information Labor
A blog on the relations between information / communication technology, knowledge production and consumption, global political-economy, and the lived world of human labor, by Professor Greg Downey, School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the School of Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison.


More Samples Beyond UW-Madison

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