The word “networks” gets thrown around a lot. In terms of journalism, one could argue that journalists have always been about networking. We network with sources, subjects and readers and use that networking to our advantage when finding and writing stories. “Social” networking in this age, however, means something different. A recent post on the ...
Does “community engagement” belong in the j-school curriculum? Robert Niles, writing in the Online Journalism Review, Doing journalism in 2010 is an act of community organizing, says absolutely, yes: The journalists who succeed online are the ones who understand that they are no longer simply reporters… they’ve become community organizers. Consider these examples: Jonathan Weber, ...
I walked up to the imaginary doctor and interviewed him using my Evernote (btw, you need this if you're a journalist, not just for iPhone) voice recorder. He told me Michael Jackson was in critical condition. When I hit save on Evernote, it automatically uploaded the sound file to the web. Annie has access to my ...
So let's get this straight: Only teens don't like frustrating, hard to use websites, only teens don't like irrelevant, useless information, only teens don't like liars and only teens want to use information they find for more than personal knowledge? I don't understand how the website suggestions are any different than how anyone at any age ...
Capitalize on this focusing point right this second. Do not wait for people to forget you screwed up. Move forward NOW! There are points in history where the world or a group or a culture pay attention to something and change quickly. They are called paradigm shifts. This is one of those opportunities. Take everyone's advice. ...
Journalists write stories. Most stories are intended to convey information. The strategic thinking that should be the next step — who needs this information, how might they act on it, how will they find it, how will they share it, how is it useful to them? — gets little attention in most newsrooms. This piece ...
Josh Marshall, founder of Talking Points Memo, spoke at Journalism Day ceremonies at Columbia University today. His talk was summarized by Megan Garber of the Columbia Journalism Review: We also need to embrace, rather than question, the notion of audience engagement. “In this period of not only rebuilding the practice of journalism, but what sustains ...