The first ever blogosphere event, a gathering of renowned bloggers and student journalists has been organised under the theme ”blogging in communication: understanding the online exodus”.
The event was organised by the blogging school of GIJ as part of its src week celebration.
Renowned bloggers who graced the occasion include Nana Tamakloe of www.fashionghana.com , George Britton , Collins Dharteh and Emmanuel Gamor who took their turn spoke about their experience with blogging; the journey of blogging and ways to improve the quality of their websites, web pages and increase the traffic as well as how to better use social media to promote their websites.
Participants of this event boasted of several lessons they learnt from the event. This includes a deeper understanding of what blogging is all about and how it can be effectively used in this era of new media communication and how to start and maintain their own blogs.
The president of the G.I.J Blogging School and also editor of www.ghlinks.net, Eugene Nyavor reiterated the essence of the program and urged more people to take up blogging especially student journalists.
He says such events help you create a link between theory and practical journalism and also bequeath you with skills for the future.
The event attracted over 90 people who wished this event comes to stay and becomes a frequent event.
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