A free daylong workshop on “The New Business Coverage: From blogs to multimedia to ’round-the-clock news” will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 16 in San Jose. According to BusinessJournalism.org, the workshop will cover the ins and outs of using multiple news platforms, blogging, technical considerations of Web publishing and how to mobilize business staff to meet deadlines every minute.

Presenters include Michelle Leder, editor Footnoted.org, Om Malik, editor, GigaOm.com, Dave Callaway, editor-in-chief, MarketWatch, Jane Stevens, multimedia journalist and lecturer at UC Berkeley, Aaron Curtiss, deputy innovation editor, Los Angeles Times, and Jodi Schneider, economics editor, Congressional Quarterly.

BusinessJournalism.org has details and an online registration form. Registration closes at noon Tuesday, Oct. 9.