Comments on: Journalists need to self-brand themselves http://savethemedia.com/2009/09/08/journalists-need-to-self-brand-themselves/ A veteran journalist blogs about the new media revolution. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:48:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: cosplay http://savethemedia.com/2009/09/08/journalists-need-to-self-brand-themselves/comment-page-1/#comment-37681 cosplay Mon, 02 Aug 2010 03:02:46 +0000 http://savethemedia.com/?p=1837#comment-37681 What role will academia play in the realization of the journalist/social media relationship? As more and more journalism and communications programs embrace social media tools and networks, the maturation that you discuss will eliminate the confusion that Ben mentioned above.
Thanks for links — reading them now.
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]]> By: bloggingmom67 http://savethemedia.com/2009/09/08/journalists-need-to-self-brand-themselves/comment-page-1/#comment-24065 bloggingmom67 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:16:43 +0000 http://savethemedia.com/?p=1837#comment-24065 Walter, Agree with you that without good content, SEO does every little. Tatiana, Glad you enjoy the blog. I love writing it! You're right that far too many universities/colleges aren't preaching the new journalism enough or at all. I'm in a Ph.D. program right now with plans to teach communications, and I hope to be a voice of change in that regard. Universities should be ahead! Glad you find the blog useful. Best, Gina<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('24065','bloggingmom67'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('24065','bloggingmom67','Walter,\r\n\r\nAgree with you that without good content, SEO does every little.\r\n\r\nTatiana,\r\n\r\nGlad you enjoy the blog. I love writing it!\r\n\r\nYou\'re right that far too many universities\/colleges aren\'t preaching the new journalism enough or at all. I\'m in a Ph.D. program right now with plans to teach communications, and I hope to be a voice of change in that regard. Universities should be ahead!\r\n\r\nGlad you find the blog useful.\r\n\r\nBest,\r\n\r\nGina'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Walter,

Agree with you that without good content, SEO does every little.

Tatiana,

Glad you enjoy the blog. I love writing it!

You’re right that far too many universities/colleges aren’t preaching the new journalism enough or at all. I’m in a Ph.D. program right now with plans to teach communications, and I hope to be a voice of change in that regard. Universities should be ahead!

Glad you find the blog useful.

Best,

Gina

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]]> By: tatta http://savethemedia.com/2009/09/08/journalists-need-to-self-brand-themselves/comment-page-1/#comment-23951 tatta Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:13:28 +0000 http://savethemedia.com/?p=1837#comment-23951 I am just a young journalism from Colombia trying to understand the new media development. Unfortunately, there are a bunch of journalists in my country who don't find the real value of this evolution. This situation reflects itself in an old-styled journalism tendency in the majority of the journalism schools. I finished my college less than four years ago. I didn't receive any clue about this whole reality. Even now, some colleges are not teaching anything realed to digital media. I really enjoy your blog. Everyday I find new tips from your archive and your updates... Continue blogging!!!! Tatiana<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('23951','tatta'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('23951','tatta','I am just a young journalism from Colombia trying to understand the new media development. \r\n\r\nUnfortunately, there are a bunch of journalists in my country who don\'t find the real value of this evolution. This situation reflects itself in an old-styled journalism tendency in the majority of the journalism schools.\r\n\r\nI finished my college less than four years ago. I didn\'t receive any clue about this whole reality. Even now, some colleges are not teaching anything realed to digital media.\r\n\r\nI really enjoy your blog. Everyday I find new tips from your archive and your updates...\r\n\r\nContinue blogging!!!!\r\n\r\nTatiana'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I am just a young journalism from Colombia trying to understand the new media development.

Unfortunately, there are a bunch of journalists in my country who don’t find the real value of this evolution. This situation reflects itself in an old-styled journalism tendency in the majority of the journalism schools.

I finished my college less than four years ago. I didn’t receive any clue about this whole reality. Even now, some colleges are not teaching anything realed to digital media.

I really enjoy your blog. Everyday I find new tips from your archive and your updates…

Continue blogging!!!!

Tatiana

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]]> By: Walter http://savethemedia.com/2009/09/08/journalists-need-to-self-brand-themselves/comment-page-1/#comment-23906 Walter Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:54:37 +0000 http://savethemedia.com/?p=1837#comment-23906 As you have stated above, branding is important to make you stand among the rest; commenting is an excellent strategy and I'm employing it on my blog. Although the prospect of SEO is enticing, I think it's losing its touch. Quality speaks for itself. :-)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('23906','Walter'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('23906','Walter','As you have stated above, branding is important to make you stand among the rest; commenting is an excellent strategy and I\'m employing it on my blog. \r\n\r\nAlthough the prospect of SEO is enticing, I think it\'s losing its touch. Quality speaks for itself. :-)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> As you have stated above, branding is important to make you stand among the rest; commenting is an excellent strategy and I’m employing it on my blog.

Although the prospect of SEO is enticing, I think it’s losing its touch. Quality speaks for itself. :-)

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]]> By: Gina Chen http://savethemedia.com/2009/09/08/journalists-need-to-self-brand-themselves/comment-page-1/#comment-23820 Gina Chen Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:38:53 +0000 http://savethemedia.com/?p=1837#comment-23820 Thanks, all. Jaclyn, thanks for sharing your post. Michael ... yes if you have a common name as you do, it is harder to self-brand. I was very proud the day I came up higher in a Google search over Gina H.Chen, who is apparently a medical doctor.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('23820','Gina Chen'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('23820','Gina Chen','Thanks, all.\r\n\r\nJaclyn, thanks for sharing your post.\r\n\r\nMichael ... yes if you have a common name as you do, it is harder to self-brand. I was very proud the day I came up higher in a Google search over Gina H.Chen, who is apparently a medical doctor.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Thanks, all.

Jaclyn, thanks for sharing your post.

Michael … yes if you have a common name as you do, it is harder to self-brand. I was very proud the day I came up higher in a Google search over Gina H.Chen, who is apparently a medical doctor.

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]]> By: Jaclyn http://savethemedia.com/2009/09/08/journalists-need-to-self-brand-themselves/comment-page-1/#comment-23814 Jaclyn Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:42:02 +0000 http://savethemedia.com/?p=1837#comment-23814 I'm really glad you talked about personal branding for journalists. Seems like a no brainer to me, but I often run into journalists who either don't think about this very much or are pretty uncomfortable with the idea. Ex-New Yorker writer Dan Baum's Twitter exercise made me think a lot about this and inspired my post on Personal Branding Blog - http://personalbrandingblog.com/tweeting-about-being-fired-from-the-new-yorker-why-journalists-should-take-charge-of-their-personal-brand/<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('23814','Jaclyn'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('23814','Jaclyn','I\'m really glad you talked about personal branding for journalists. Seems like a no brainer to me, but I often run into journalists who either don\'t think about this very much or are pretty uncomfortable with the idea. \r\n\r\nEx-New Yorker writer Dan Baum\'s Twitter exercise made me think a lot about this and inspired my post on Personal Branding Blog - http:\/\/personalbrandingblog.com\/tweeting-about-being-fired-from-the-new-yorker-why-journalists-should-take-charge-of-their-personal-brand\/'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I’m really glad you talked about personal branding for journalists. Seems like a no brainer to me, but I often run into journalists who either don’t think about this very much or are pretty uncomfortable with the idea.

Ex-New Yorker writer Dan Baum’s Twitter exercise made me think a lot about this and inspired my post on Personal Branding Blog – http://personalbrandingblog.com/tweeting-about-being-fired-from-the-new-yorker-why-journalists-should-take-charge-of-their-personal-brand/

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]]> By: Michael Becker http://savethemedia.com/2009/09/08/journalists-need-to-self-brand-themselves/comment-page-1/#comment-23802 Michael Becker Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:39:10 +0000 http://savethemedia.com/?p=1837#comment-23802 Good advice, and great links. I only wish that my name was a little less common so I had a chance to grab a namesake domain. You'd think that news organizations would be interested in getting journalists to work on their brands; that sort of thing would benefit the news outlet as much as the journalist.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('23802','Michael Becker'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('23802','Michael Becker','Good advice, and great links. I only wish that my name was a little less common so I had a chance to grab a namesake domain. \r\n\r\nYou\'d think that news organizations would be interested in getting journalists to work on their brands; that sort of thing would benefit the news outlet as much as the journalist.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Good advice, and great links. I only wish that my name was a little less common so I had a chance to grab a namesake domain.

You’d think that news organizations would be interested in getting journalists to work on their brands; that sort of thing would benefit the news outlet as much as the journalist.

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]]> By: Butler http://savethemedia.com/2009/09/08/journalists-need-to-self-brand-themselves/comment-page-1/#comment-23798 Butler Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:17:35 +0000 http://savethemedia.com/?p=1837#comment-23798 Thanks for the great post, Gina. When I started journalism, it was common to link your name/reputation to the brand of your radio station/tv/newspaper. We have to go beyond that today.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('23798','Butler'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('23798','Butler','Thanks for the great post, Gina. When I started journalism, it was common to link your name\/reputation to the brand of your radio station\/tv\/newspaper. We have to go beyond that today.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Thanks for the great post, Gina. When I started journalism, it was common to link your name/reputation to the brand of your radio station/tv/newspaper. We have to go beyond that today.
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