It’s that time of year again. A time to reflect back and look forward. I think it’s also a good time to review what posts from Save the Media captured the most attention — and traffic in the past year. Continue reading
“Great entrepreneurs do not really see the future as much as the create the future they envision.” That’s a quote from MIT professor Michael A. Cusumano from a piece he wrote on the late Steve Jobs, but I think it Continue reading
If your Facebook feed is like mine, it has been full of complaints recently over the latest Facebook changes. People don’t like the Twitteresque status-update feed down the right-hand side. They don’t think Facebook should decide what “stories” are likely Continue reading
Today, I turn my blog over to a friend and former colleague, Amber Smith. Amber and I worked for years together at The Post-Standard in Syracuse, NY. Now, after 25 years in newspaper business, Amber has joined the marketing and Continue reading
Sure enough, when I talk to a journalist who has just started on Twitter, inevitably the question will come up: What’s the tic tac toe thing all about? Welcome to the hashtag. The hashtag is simply adding a keyword with the Continue reading
In the early days of this blog, I wrote about how journalists can use Twitter on the job. This is an update. Many of the same suggestions remain important, although I believe that Twitter’s potential benefit for journalists is even greater Continue reading
So 2010 has come and gone. In case you missed some of the most popular posts on Save the Media during 2010, here is a list of the posts that my readers clicked on the most. Enjoy reading ones you Continue reading
Steve Yelvington had a great post recently about the seven deadly sins of journalism companies that has been making its way around the Twitterverse. My favorite from his list is sloth: “No, we don’t need to change. We don’t need to reconstruct our Continue reading
Here are some interesting links from around the blogosphere and tips about tools that I thought you might find useful. Enjoy. CommSpace: A new social network just for media/journalism/communications professors, students, and researchers has launched! It’s run by Sage Publications, Continue reading
Back from a summer hiatus, and I have some interesting stuff for you from my jaunts around the blogosphere: Would you pay for online news? Who wants to know? Well, Chas Hartman, a former newspaper reporter and now Ph.D. candidate Continue reading
