Wearing The Inner Fedora And Getting The Scoop
The world of news is continually changing. A testament would be to the social media networks covering the death of Michael Jackson. The thing to remember though is that even with the instant nature of breaking news (which is still being touted 16 hours later on CNN as I type this) that we have forgotten [...]
From Around The Web
- 01.Jul
- Verification Vs. Speed Of A Breaking News Story
Blogs like TMZ and social media powerhouse Twitter may have broken the story of Michael Jackson’s death but the reality is that even the most casual news junkie wanted confirmation from an established journalism institution.
Simon Owens explains and shows Google Trend goodness on how this went down last week regarding the death of the King [...]- 01.Jul
- Aaron Brown Is Not A Fan Of Twitter
I don’t think Brown gets Twitter and he’s more than all right with that.
“It still seems more self-indulgent than relevant, but oddly, that’s what a lot of journalism is these days.”
Well, yeah, there is truth there as well. Personally, I like Aaron Brown and I appreciate his candor.- 29.Jun
- YouTube Reporters’ Center
Here’s a pretty cool service being launched on YouTube to help citizen journalists with tips and videos. I can imagine there are lots of great ideas there for those with a journalism background as well!
I’m more of a reader than a video watcher myself, but this is a great potential way to catch up on [...]- 24.Jun
- Recession Special At Knox Views
Knoxville peeps, Knox Views is having a Recession Special at their blog. This is very inventive.
For a limited time only, KnoxViews is making our premium top banner advertising space available at no charge to local/area merchants, no strings attached.
Help your company and your customers fight the recession and stimulate the local economy. And be sure [...]- 24.Jun
- New iPhone Is THAT Good
Thanks to Christian Grantham at Nashville is Talking, we find that the new iPhone does a lot more than you thought it would.
How good is the iPhone’s new video camera? Good enough to make the evening news, literally.
Here’s the story of how the new iPhone which was used to shoot a news package that made [...]- 24.Jun
- Get Smart
Here you go:
Journalism educators, professionals and students can develop and hone their skills in audio, photo and video storytelling at a Multimedia Boot Camp taught by the Freedom Forum Diversity Institute, Aug. 9-14, in Nashville, Tenn.
Tuition is $850, payable in advance. Low-cost housing at Extended Stay/Vanderbilt is available for an additional $71.40 per night. Registrations [...]- 17.Jun
- Subpoenas Handed Out To Vegas Paper
We need to be watching this.
The Washington Post has reported that a Nevada newspaper has been served a grand jury federal subpoena to reveal the identities of commenters on its website. The newspaper editor is fighting the request.
The editor, Thomas Mitchell, received the subpoena after his paper covered the prosecution of business owner Robert Kahre [...]- 16.Jun
- Attribute, Attribute, ATTRIBUTE
Michael Silence gives mainstream media a tongue lashing.
- 15.Jun
- New Media’s Voice
From political writer Adam Kleinheider.
The power of new media can be exaggerated. It constantly is. But in an early stage of a gubernatorial primary the blogs and the people behind them are players in the game.
Read the whole thing. He explains this perfectly and he can tell you what it’s all about.- 11.Jun
- Post Of The Week
Jim Voorhies gives about the best advice I’ve read in awhile to companies as well as politicians.
Yep, I’m writing you a letter just like I did REI when they screwed up. Some of you are already doing it. You’re ignoring the new media “opportunities.” And you’re getting sliced and diced out there. Politicians are too.
I [...]
From the Journalist Perspective
- 17.May
- She Is Right You Know
Cathy at Domestic Psychology has a winner. I won’t spoil it for you, just go there.
And she was spot on about the new Star Trek too.
Just saying.- 01.May
- What Category Of Commenter Are You?
This Is How We Roll asks the question and they identify three types of commenters.
The Troll – Everyone knows this guy (and it’s usually a guy), who intentionally visits sites in order to stir things up, provoke a furious reaction from other posters and then disappear. Classic examples are the Free Republic types who visit [...]- 17.Apr
- ‘It’s Because I’m Listening’
From Summer Huggins at Hammock:
Statesman editors witnessed the power of social media during Hurricane Ike in September 2008. Robert created a Twitter account specifically for tracking the hurricane, an account that also pointed followers to the Statesman’s coverage of the storm online, generating more than 300,000 hits from Twitter alone. Robert joked that those numbers [...]- 14.Apr
- Print Media Gets A Lifeline
Now that’s just funny.
H/T to Christian Grantham- 07.Apr
- Newsrooms CAN Use Twitter
Brittney Gilbert is someone you need to be following and listening to what she says.
There are tons of reasons. She is living about what most people are pontificating.
And she has some sage advice for newsrooms utilizing Twitter.
This is just a few things that she is telling you should and (in my opinion) will work.to link, [...]
- 07.Apr
- The Nostalgia Of The Good Old Days
When I started out in news radio back when the first Bush was in office, things were a bit different. One AP teletype screaming random bells each time a story came in was set up next to a coffee maker in the kitchen because it was so loud and more than distracting so we hid [...]
From the Tech Perspective
- 11.Jun
- WordPress 2.8 – A Quick View of the Highlights
WordPress 2.8 is rolling out today, and there are several features and enhancements I’m pretty excited about. They keep making my favorite content management tool better and better!
Theme Management Drastically Improved
We now have functionality similar to that of plugin management. Now there’s no need to find a theme, download it to your home computer, unzip [...]- 26.May
- SEO – A Five Year Plan
Matt Cutts recently answered the question “Will SEO exist in five years?” via video. Don’t worry, this is a really short clip, and there’s not a lot of geek speak in it at all. However, keep in mind that he’s a Google employee and he’s talking about SEO in the context of Google.
As we’ve pointed [...]
- 18.May
- Social Network Links on Every Post
Aunt Bea asked a question about placing social networking links at the bottom of posts. Simple answer…there’s a plugin for that–Sociable makes it super easy to place those little buttons at the bottom of every post. Right out of the virtual box, Sociable automatically puts these links a the end of every post.
In fact, Sociable [...]
- 07.May
- Is Your Newsroom Using Twitter? Effectively?
Before I get to anything that may come across as negative, let me say that I follow lots of people who work in at my local paper, The Knoxville New Sentinel. And there’s one huge reason I follow them…
They are engaging.
(I’m going to go ahead and get my #followfriday in now so you can follow [...]- 07.May
- Twitter Could Be The Fabeled Google Killer
Why else do you think Google is so anxious to buy them?
Twitter is a great communication tool, but it’s real power lies in something it hasn’t fully exploited yet–search. Not search in the sense that Google does search, but search in the sense of the way you want to search.
Real time search. Search that is [...]- 06.May
- Leveraging Twitter With Tweetmeme
If you haven’t heard about Tweetmeme yet, chances are you will soon–like right now. In fact you can see evidence on this page–that little “Retweet This” button is provided by Tweetmeme.
I’ll give you the high points. Tweetmeme is a service that’s sort of like Digg in that it allows you to “vote” for a web [...]
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