What do you ask a prospective blogger?
A question we dwelt on at last week’s ArgoCamp in Chicago deserves some follow-up: How can you tell whether a candidate will make a great blogger? Our 12 Argo topics will require a vast range of...
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Great bloggers tend to be info-junkies, and the Argo-bloggers will have to be. We’ll be asking them to stay on top of RSS feeds, email alerts, Twitter streams, comment threads, Facebook groups, and...
View ArticleQuestions for candidates: What fascinates you about this topic?
This is a question you’d want to ask any candidate for any beat reporter gig. It’s especially trenchant in our case, however, because we’re relying on the ability of the Argo-bloggers to make their...
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Questions for candidates: how will you use your crowd?
Flickr photo courtesy of user crsan. I’ve seen endless demos of the power of the Internet crowd. After all, I spent a full year hopped up on Wikipedia. But I don’t think it will ever stop astonishing...
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Questions for candidates: How comfortable are you with CMSes?
Image courtesy of Flickr user kk+. This question is not particularly brilliant, but I’m not sure there’s a good way to ask it, and it needs to be asked. Our ideal bloggers are going to push the limits...
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The blogger’s first month
Flickr photo courtesy of user Joe Lanman. It’s rare that a beat reporter for a daily news operation gets the luxury of having weeks before the first story has to be filed for the public. But that’s the...
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What constitutes a “bloggy sensibility”?
Flickr photo courtesy of user minifig. In talking with the Argo editors, I’ve often said that we’re looking for reporter-bloggers who demonstrate a “bloggy sensibility.” Just as there are folks who...
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Questions for references
Image courtesy of Flickr user Marco Bellucci. When our Argo editors call to check up on their blogger candidates’ references, they’ll ask the standard questions about strengths and weaknesses and...
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T-Minus One Week, plus ‘You’re Hired!’
So, it’s come down to this. All of this talk over the last year or so, the submission of proposals, hiring of staff, station visits, our UnConvention, blogger hires, design sprints… and in just one...
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And Two More Make Six
Image courtesy of Flickr user Cathyse97 Last week I started introducing you to the new Argo bloggers. We have two more to announce now, completing the first wave of sites. Minnesota Public Radio has...
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