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Blog your way through college in the US October 18, 2008

A great opportunity — if you're a US citizen or resident. As Alfred Hermida notes, how about an international contest or other national version? How about it WordPress. Blogger, Typepad, Live Journal etc?

"The scheme offers students who blog the chance to win a $10,000 scholarship. The contest has just started accepting submissions, but you only have until the end of the month to apply."

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• Me on Twitter (journalism)

  • Data journalism: catch up on the #ddj Berlin meet-up 1 Sep via >240 tweets saved here: http://bit.ly/99Z0tm 12 hours ago
  • Noting m/media with NYT on NoW phone hacking: timeline, audio of Mulcaire how-to, NoW & Met replies http://nyti.ms/ajgwh5 13 hours ago
  • Nice @r4today piece: one member, six votes? Many Labour members get multiple votes for leader http://bbc.in/dpjfPY 14 hours ago
  • Hague story: @GreensladeR uneasy at serious newspapers taking smear too seriously and giving it undue prominence http://bbc.in/92qmMD 14 hours ago

• Me on Twitter (education)

  • . @laurenpressley Think you've been hacked 1 day ago
  • How far is 'permission to think' being limited to 'a relatively small group of knowledge workers' -- Digital Taylorism? http://bit.ly/aMILcY 2 days ago
  • RT @londondatastore: Number of people in higher education by (London) borough at http://bit.ly/cLHtlW 1 week ago
  • Expect ads in your (e-)books soon, as publishers seek to monetise readers' time http://bit.ly/bw780Z 1 week ago

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