Current Blogs and Bloggers News Today

Admissions office using student bloggers
The University of Iowa has a new voice. Ten new voices, actually. With Experience Iowa Blogs , a new project organized by the UI Admissions Office, 10 students will chronicle their lives at the UI in a series of personal blogs and video entries linked to the admissions website.

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:27:00 -0700

Gamasutra Member Blogs: From Piracy To StarCraft 101
In highlights from Gamasutra's Member Blogs, our bloggers write about diverse topics, including the effects of piracy on the industry, communal discovery in social games, and a college course on StarCraft. Member Blogs can be maintained by any registered Gamasutra user, while invitation-only Expert Blogs -- also highlighted weekly -- are written by selected development professionals. We hope ...

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:13:29 -0700

Virtual ribbons cut, launching 12 stations’ Argo blogs
The 12 topical blogs on pubradio websites backed through NPR’s Argo Project are announcing their launch this week, though some Argo bloggers have been at work since late July.

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:54:08 -0700

NTU warns its students not to create blogs regarding politics and religion
In the aftermath of the foreign “academic poisons” scandal, NTU has sent an email to all its students warning them not to “create blogs regarding politics and religion” unless they have approval from the universities and a licence from the Media Development Authority (MDA) A blogger from theliberatingtruth.wordpress.com had earlier posted a “blacklist” of 15 NTU [...]

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:07:24 -0700

Blogger output takes off after Ryanair runs away from runway
Bloggers are clearly passionate about their low-cost airlines. When Ryanair pulled its flights from Belfast recently it created another one of moments when the blogs added significantly to the reporting from traditional media and provided much insight and new information. Related Stories Cultra Manor set for £3m revamp

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:21:19 -0700