Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Battling Sears in the era of social media

Well, readers. I feel a bit like Jeff Jarvis or Heather Armstrong today.
Both of them are high-profile bloggers, who had customer-service nightmares that they took to the blogosphere and won. Jarvis, is a City University of New York journalism professor who blogs at BuzzMachine and had a heck of a time with a Dell computer. [...]

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 [...]

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

Twitter etiquette, style rules for 2010

Twitter turns 4 in the new year, so I think it’s old enough to learn some manners. Here are my suggestions for Twitter etiquette and style as we head into 2010.  I’m sure I’ve missed some ideas, so feel free to add in the comments.
To tweet or to twitter: I think it has been well-established by [...]

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 of [...]

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Student: Twitter helps me ’selectively receive’ news

Another post in my occasional series, “What the Heck Do You Do On Twitter.” This one is from Juliette Lynch, a senior photojournalism and international relations major at Syracuse University. She loves photography and storytelling, people and traveling, and of course, good conversation and coffee. She blogs at Que Me Mueve and Growing Up Girl.

I’m always [...]

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 my [...]

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 Aguayo, 20, [...]

Monday, November 16th, 2009

Twitter is a ‘great way to make connections,’ student says

Here is another installment of my occasional series: “What the Heck do You Do on Twitter?” 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.
Today’s featured Twitter user is  Christen Brandt, a magazine journalism and English [...]

Friday, November 13th, 2009

Help a graduate student (me): Take my Twitter survey

Well, as you loyal readers know, I pretty much love Twitter. It’s fun, and, as I’ve written about on this blog, I find it useful for finding news, connecting with readers and picking up on what’s buzzing.
As many of you know, I took the plunge this fall and entered the Ph.D. program at Syracuse University’s [...]

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 e-mail [...]

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