Entries from June 2010

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

News readers are driven by need for information, not loyalty to a brand

Tweet The Pew Research Center released an interesting study last week that offers some sobering — although not surprising — insights for the news business. Researchers examined top news stories in the mainstream press as well as what news got traction on blogs, Twitter and YouTube. A main finding was that what’s hot on social [...]

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Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

Part 2 from Amber Smith: What to keep — and get rid off — in journalism

Tweet Today I’m again handing my blog over to veteran journalist Amber Smith, a friend and former colleague of mine at The Post-Standard in Syracuse. In her free time, she blogs about dementia at DementiAwareness. She offers Part 2 of how old-time journalism relates to  the changing world of media. As a veteran-journalist-but-newbie-blogger, I’m learning [...]

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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

Veteran journalist Amber Smith offers tips for bloggers

Tweet Today I’m handing my blog over to veteran journalist and blogger Amber Smith, a friend and former colleague of mine at The Post-Standard in Syracuse. In her free time, she blogs about dementia at DementiAwareness. She offers some thoughtful lessons for journalists trying to navigate the changing world of media. It’s a new world [...]

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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Society of Professional Journalists names 20 ‘industry thinkers’ to follow

Tweet Quill online, of the Society of Professional Journalists, released its list of 20 “industry thinkers, innovators, and practitioners” to follow, and I’m humbled and honored to be one of them. But what’s way more important that my tiny moment of fame is the list itself. It’s chock full of folks I want to know [...]

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