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Tweet 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 [...]

Tweet 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. [...]

Tweet 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 [...]

Tweet 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 [...]

Tweet 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 [...]

Tweet 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 [...]

Tweet 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 [...]

Tweet 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 [...]

Tweet I’m starting a new feature here at Save the Media, called “What the heck do you do on Twitter.” It’s an occasional feature, which in journalism-speak means I’ll do it when I have a chance. The idea is to showcase a variety of people who are using Twitter in creative ways. My emphasis, of [...]

Tweet More than a year ago, Brian Stelter had a story in The New York Times about how the social media generation takes it upon themselves to pass on the news they feel is worthwhile. The story contained a seminal quote from an unidentified college student that has become iconic of the new journalism evolving [...]