August 2018 – Tinker Ready: Intro to Communications Writing

Why use a BU blog?

One reason to use the BU blogs in this class — versus free wordpress.com –is that they are hosted on the BU server. So you will be able to posts interactive graphics, like the one below.

You can also uses a free wordpress.com site, but know that you won’t be able to post much multimedia on it. It will take videos, but not much else. There are workarounds; they are less than idea.

Your other option is to pay for a host for your blog. I’m trying out BlueHost for my Boston Boomer news site. This costs $6 a month.

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Short WP video on Silent Sam statue

This is a test.

Who you calling enemy of the people?

From The Boston Globe editoria l, one of more than 300 defending the free press that ran on the same day, 8/15. Worth noting that The Daily Free Press, a BU student newspaper, was one of them.

Lies are antithetical to an informed citizenry, responsible for self-governance. The greatness of America is dependent on the role of a free press to speak the truth to the powerful. To label the press “the enemy of the people” is as un-American as it is dangerous to the civic compact we have shared for more than two centuries.