Track all that you publish Productivity is a key factor for managers when tracking a reporters’ ability to break news, publish at a good rate, and gain an audience. What to track: Total news stories per day News stories by topic or section Total blog posts per day Blog posts by specific blog Slide shows […]
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JournalismNext (11): Building a digital audience for news
March 9th, 2011 · Comments Off on JournalismNext (11): Building a digital audience for news · Comm361, Facebook, Student Blog Posts
Tags:Digg·Fark·Flickr·JournalismNext·MySpace·reddit·StumbleUpon·Twitter·YouTube
Guest speaker: Jon DeNunzio
March 3rd, 2011 · Comments Off on Guest speaker: Jon DeNunzio · Comm361, social media, Student Blog Posts
Jon DeNunzio is going to talk about integrating social media into your journalism. He learned a lot, and still learning. National Park Fan Tweets experiment in the Washington Post is a good example. Some experiments and good tools to try: http://media.twitter.com/blackbird-pie/ www.storify.com http://intersect.com/ http://www.umapper.com/ www.twiings.com http://www.allourideas.org/ http://startupli.st/ Why we use social media: It’s where users are It […]
Tags:Crowdsourcing·Online Journalism assignments·Readers·Twitter·Washington Post
Skype session with Burt Herman
February 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off on Skype session with Burt Herman · Comm361, Storify, Student Blog Posts
This is Burt. This is the website he co-founded. Courtesy of bertherman.com: He is an “Entrepreneurial journalist stoking media revolution. CEO and co-founder of Storify, building the future of journalism. Founder of Hacks/Hackers, bringing together journalists and technologists.” Great introducation on Burt- now for the BIG news! He skyped with us today from somewhere on the west coast. […]
Tags:Burt Herman·Mark Zuckerberg·Mashable·mediabistro·skype·Steve Klein·Twitter·Uncategorized
Twitter raises awareness for the homeless
February 16th, 2011 · Comments Off on Twitter raises awareness for the homeless · Comm361, social media, Student Blog Posts
I never thought of myself as much of a blog or Twitter person. Yes, I have a personal blog where I vent and write about issues that are important to me. And yes, I have a Twitter account where I would tweet maybe once every two months. However, when I started this class, doing these […]
Chapter four: Microblogging
February 15th, 2011 · Comments Off on Chapter four: Microblogging · briggs, Comm361, social media, Student Blog Posts
Twitter. It’s the one thing that comes to mind when you hear the word microblogging. In what way can we possibly cover news in less than 140 characters? What is microblogging? It’s the idea that lets individuals write and share small content of news online via short sentences, images or video links. It is an […]
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‘Journalism Next’ by Mark Briggs: Chapter 4 summary
February 15th, 2011 · Comments Off on ‘Journalism Next’ by Mark Briggs: Chapter 4 summary · Comm361, Facebook, Student Blog Posts
Summary: Microblogging — The instant messaging journal Microblogging Start a Twitter, Facebook and/or LinkedIn account. Importance: Trains users to look for interesting things around them Gets breaking news out in an instant Allows the audience and journalists access to the most up-to-date news coverage Why microblogging should remain personal, not automatic Quality over quantity; tweets […]
Tags:LinkedIn·Microblogging·Online Communities·Twitter·Uncategorized
Mandy Jenkins Visits COMM 361
February 14th, 2011 · Comments Off on Mandy Jenkins Visits COMM 361 · Comm361, social media, Student Blog Posts
There’s a famous saying that the harder you work, the luckier you get. This saying holds true for Mandy Jenkins, director of social media for TBD. Coming from a town in rural Ohio, Jenkins has always worked hard. She wanted to be a part of the media world; however, she discovered that her career path […]
