Save the Media

Most of my posts on this blog focus on new media, changing content, and embracing interaction with readers. I do that because I really believe those are vital as journalism evolves. However, I think there’s much about so-called “old  journalism” that should be retained as journalism evolves. I’m no newbie. I’m 42 years old, and [...]

A colleague of mine asked today: “Is blogging  journalism?” She was helping her step-daughter write an essay, an assignment for a college ethics course. Two co-workers and I jumped in to answer the question to help my colleague assist her step-daughter. I found the question compelling because it goes to the very heart of this [...]

I’ve come across some new Twitter tools that I’ve found useful as a journalist, so I’ve decided to compile a new post of my favorite tools for Twitter. (Read my earlier list of favorite Twitter tools here.) Blip.fm: A colleague of mine, @LauraTRyan, turned me on to this  great tool. It allows you to search [...]

“To truly have influence on Twitter, you must retweet other newspapers’ stories and blogs that aren’t affiliated with news organizations; you must really join the conversation.”

Here’s part three of my series, what’s an online-first newsroom look like. Today, I’ll talk about what a typical day should/could be like in an online-first newsroom. (Be sure to read the rest of the series: Part one examines the over-arching ideas that form a f0undation of an online-first newsroom; part two examines the nitty [...]

Here’s another round of short takes of tidbits I’ve found around the blogosphere that could be useful to journalists dipping a toe — or hopefully the whole foot –  into the new media waters. Enjoy. Self-correction: If you’re a Twitter fan, you may have heard this week that the Dalai Lama was on Twitter and [...]

Some great posts I’ve been reading from other blogs have been piling up in my delicious bookmarks, so it is time for more short takes. Sobering news on switch to digital? So if so many people are getting their news on the Web, why don’t newspapers just stop the presses. As we all know, it’s [...]

Time for another Short Takes:  Five articles worth reading that relate to journalism as it transforms. Are staff cuts good news? That’s the provocative question Mathew Ingram asks at the Nieman Journalism Lab. This is the kind of post that can’t help but raise emotions. Pretty much anyone in journalism today knows someone who has [...]

Now, finally, I’m back to my series on how journalists can use social-networking sites. Today’s topic is Linked In. (Be sure to check out my posts on using Facebook and MySpace.) Linked In is a bit different than Facebook and MySpace in two significant ways: It’s geared more toward professionals. You can’t “connect” with someone [...]

Well, I can’t speak for your blog, but I can tell Twitter  has driven traffic to my blog. But then again, I’m a social-media evangelist. I’ve written before out the the usefulness of Twitter for journalists. I’ve experienced the utility of Twitter on my own beat, parenting. Right now, I’m setting up a series of [...]