While looking through a multitude of different types of blogs, I realized why blogging is so important. Especially in the history world, blogs allow historians to publish different online aspects of their work. This could be portrayed in multiple ways, such as unfinished ramblings through a timeline, notes jotted down on their personal thoughts, or even a full-blown research paper. Blogs can also be used in different ways by being something that adds to one's research, being used as an outlet to advertise the work one is completing on a certain subject, or even as part of an organization and describing one's involvement with it. I can especially see a difference between the civil war memory blog by Kevin M. Levin which mainly focuses on the author’s personal thoughts about many different historical subject matters and the Women of History blog by Melisende which focuses on the more formal, paragraph approach with a more focused direction. However, I believe that both of these blogs are helpful in their own way. I love the more laidback approach with Levin’s blog, as it makes me feel like I am his personal friend to whom he is sharing his informal thoughts to. I also really like Melisende’s more structured approach since it is really informative and easier to follow.
I also discovered two different historical entities that really drew my attention. I first joined the Kona Coffee Living History Farm’s Facebook group as it is a great time capsule preserving the traditions of Hawaii’s native cultures. I even visited once when I was in Kona, and it is truly a surreal experience. I also decided to follow the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (History Division) on Twitter as it brings awareness to journalism and how reporters can aid in preserving history. I also find it super interesting how they have such a community aspect to it and are so open for anyone to join! If you guys are interested in joining, their Twitter is @AEJHistory and they have an annual meeting in August!
Extra credit website down below :) it is the link to the Kona Historical Foundation I described above.
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