Online journalism has been on the rise through outlets such as Twitter, blogs, and podcasts. Journalists are now able to cover the news almost instantiously by just the click of a button, or a "tweet."
Bethany Keeley, a popular online blogger and PhD student at the University of Georgia, has her own blog titled "Unnecessary quotations." Keeley's blog on average receives 2,000 to 4,000 hits a day. Featured are posts, accompanied by a picture of the use of unnecessary quotation marks. The blog can be found at www.unnecessaryquotes.com.
Today, Keeley can make up to $500 a month in advertising revenue on her blog. Keeley says, "I never would have thought that I would be known as a punctuation blogger." However, Keeley continues the blog because of the advertising revenue and attention.
Keeley can also be found on Twitter, under username bethaniqua. Currently, Keeley is in the top 25 Tweeters in the city of Athens, Georgia. Her followers total around 250.
Online journalism has become a popular media outlet for bloggers like Keeley. She says on a typical day she will spend a few hours reading other blogs such as the New York Times, Bitch PhD, feminist blogs, and thinkchristian.net .
Keeley's blog also takes up a few hours of her day. This includes sorting through email and posting to her blog.
Although Keeley does not consider herself a professional blogger, she receives several followers and fans. She recommends posting links to other similar blogs to generate publicity. Keeley enjoys blogging and social media, while at the same time being a student.
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Chelsie,
Go back and look at your links. None of them worked for me. You'll need to edit them so that they work properly. I like the use of links throughout. You definitely did a good job of providing links to a number of sites, if they will work. Your story is short and to the point but yet comprehensive in providing other resources about Bethany and her blog. Nice job.
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