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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
I read a lot of articles about how my generation (1983-1987 ish) and younger are doomed because of social media and all the changes. We apparently have short attention spans and all that jazz. Well here's a video that puts that into perspective for all you 26 and olders (kind of).
Absolutely right. The argument that people will go elsewhere doesn't jive in one-newspaper towns such as Reno or even San Francisco. If the Reno Gazette-Journal or San Francisco Chronicle started charging for content readers would have absolutely nowhere else to go for local information involving courts, schools, people and business. The New York Times certainly ...
So instead, news needs to find a way to create something that doesn't only help the journalist, but helps thousands of other unpaid creative people. uNews must be for more than news. It must be for all creative endeavours. It must be for InnoCentive.com, it must be for people who want to make money off of ...
As a teacher, the evolution in power from media gatekeepers to the individual citizen has tremendous implications for what students (and others) are expected to competently manage. We have an elaborate set of tools designed to help students operate in an environment where information is as scarce as water in a desert, but very little ...