Setting up your Photojournalism blog

What you will need
· Internet access
· An Email account

First – Create a Blogger account
Open Internet Explorer
· Go to http://www.blogger.com/
· Click on the “Create your blog now” arrow
In “Step One”
· Enter your email address
· Enter a password and WRITE IT DOWN
· Enter a display name – Do NOT use your full real name. To be safe, we will keep our blogs semi-anonymous
· Enter the word verification
· Click on the “accept terms box, and hit continue
· If there are any problems, they will show up in red. Fix the problems
In “Step Two”
· In the blog title box, enter “first name’s Photojournalism Blog” (Ex: Matt’s Photojournalism Blog)
· In the (URL) box, enter the same thing as the title, but with no spaces or apostrophe (Ex: mattsphotojournalismblog)
· Hit “Check Availability”
· If it is available, hit continue. If it is not, select one of the suggestions, and then hit continue.
· Select a template and hit continue
· You did it!
· Hit “Start Posting”
Type “Welcome to my blog” in the post subject line, and hit “Publish Now”

Click on “View Blog” to see the results

Select and copy the web address (URL) of your new blog
(ex: mattsphotojournalismblog.blogspot.com)

Open your email

Send an email with the following info to akins.journalism@gmail.com:

Subject : My blog
Full Name: ____
Paste URL here: ______
User Name: ________
Password: _______

YOUR FIRST POST

Post a photo and a critique.

Go to http://photostocritique.blogspot.com/ and follow the directions for the first critique post on your blog.