Last week, I had the privilege of teaching a new class about social media for journalism and other communications students at The University of Southern Mississippi, and I was thrilled that the Hattiesburg American decided to do a front-page story Continue reading
As 2012 wound to a close, Instagram, the hugely popular photo-sharing social medium, angered many of its users by changing its terms of service, and implying it might sell people’s pictures for advertising. As these thing do, the announcement raised Continue reading
My prediction for 2013 in the world of news may be more of a hope or a dream than a true prediction. I want this to be the year that the power of the app will come to smaller local Continue reading
I had the privilege on Election Day to speak with Marshall Ramsey of SuperTalk Mississippi, an FM radio station, about social media as I did back in September. This time, the topic was how social media is changing the electoral Continue reading
A lot of hand-wringing goes into wondering what the future of journalism will look like? Will digital or multimedia journalism serve readers better than print? What role will social media play in the future? How will so-called citizen journalists and Continue reading
If I had to sum up my rules of the road for journalists on social media, I’d borrow a phrase from the physician’s Hippocratic Oath: Do no harm. Social media offers plenty of opportunities for journalists to engage with their Continue reading
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
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
