Entries Tagged as 'new media'

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

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

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 more [...]

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

What it means to leave the newspaper business

Dear neglected blog readers, I’m sorry I’ve been ignoring you. But I do have some tidbits that are worth a read: Q and A with Steve Buttry: Brian Cubbison features an interview with Buttry on his blog this week that’s truly worth a read. (Full disclosure, Brian is a friend and former colleague; Buttry is a “virtual” [...]

Friday, January 1st, 2010

Hopes for journalists in 2010

Happy 2010, readers! Wow. We survived what was quite the troubling year in journalism, and, I think, really, that journalism is better for it. Yes, there’s been too many layoffs, pay cuts, buyouts. But I think the economic woes have forced news organizations to rethink how they gather and deliver news — and that’s a [...]

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Save the Media’s top posts of 2009

I can hardly believe it has been more than a year since I started this blog. Back in those early days, I had hardly any readers. I was writing for myself, but bit by bit some of you started to read. I thank all of you for that. I appreciate your comments, your interest in [...]

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

Great journalism blogs, Twitter lists, and RSS feeds

Haven’t done short-takes for a while, so seems like it is time for my list of interesting stuff from around the blogosphere. Great blogs: I love lists. I think they are a very useful way to convey a lot of information quickly in a format that’s easy to read.  Journalistics has compiled a great list [...]

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

What do I talk about on Twitter? View my tweet cloud and get your own

Here’s a look at what my Tweet Cloud looks like. What’s a Tweet Cloud? It’s a blob of  topics you tweet about, with bigger type indicating you talk about the topic more than those with smaller type. So what does this say about me? I don’t know, although it seems to indicate I’ve been tweeting [...]

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Student: ‘I keep up with the news better’ on Twitter

My occasional series  “What the Heck do You Do on Twitter?” is picking up some steam. Here’s the latest. But first, be sure to read the whole series, especially if you’re new to Twitter. And if you’d like to be featured, e-mail me at savethemedia@yahoo.com or direct message me on Twitter. Here is what Laura-Grisselle [...]

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

How to measure your blog’s value

Time for some short-takes, my version of cool stuff you should read from around the journo/techie blogosphere: Measuring your site’s value: With all the tools available to measure the worth of  your blog or news site, it can get confusing. Are page views more important than unique visitors? Would you rather have fewer visitors who [...]

Saturday, November 7th, 2009

Student: Twitter helps me know what’s going on in the world

Here is another installment in my new series, What the Heck Do You Do on Twitter. This ones comes from Nancy Mucciarone, a junior magazine journalism major at Syracuse University. (Read the whole series.) If you’d like to tell the world — or at least my readership — how you use Twitter, shoot me an [...]

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

How a student uses Twitter: ‘I can virtually socialize’

Today’s post is second in my new occasional series, “What the heck do you do on Twitter.” Today’s post comes from one of my news writing students, Danielle Alvarez, a 21-year-old magazine and modern foreign language major at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. (Don’t worry — she’s getting extra credit for doing [...]