Category Archives: new media journalism
Twitter can drive traffic
If you’re on the fence about signing up for Twitter, know this: Twitter can drive traffic to your site. This blog is less than a year old. I’m 23 years old — hardly an established brand or identity. That’s why … Continue reading
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Newspapers, it’s time to panic
“There is a time when panic is the appropriate response.” – Eugene Kleiner of KPCB. It’s about high time that journalists and newspapers start panicking. At least panic will lead to disruption, and often panic is the only way to … Continue reading
Posted in Mainstream Media, new media journalism, newspapers, online media, State of journalism
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A blog for bloggers
MySanAntonio.com has a blog dedicated to helping staff bloggers blog better. What a novel idea! Instead of just telling staff members to blog blindly, they are providing staffers with a resource on what this new medium is and how to … Continue reading
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Drudge beats MSM again with Prince Harry story
By now most of you have probably heard that Prince Harry has been secretly serving in Afghanistan. The Drudge Report, not major media outlets like CNN or The New York Times was the first American outlet to break the story … Continue reading
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Podcasts can drive traffic for newspapers
Newspapers have really done podcasting wrong, and that’s a shame because a lot of people listen and watch them daily. Papers have either ignored podcasts or have managed to do them really poorly. But a good podcast is a great … Continue reading
Posted in Blog Carnival, Mainstream Media, new media journalism, podcasts
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Mobile is the future of the Web and news
The Internet and the Web are here to stay, but how we connect with both will be changing. The personal computer isn’t going anywhere, but people are increasingly accessing the Internet and the Web via mobile devices like smartphones. The … Continue reading
Posted in Mainstream Media, mobile Web, multimedia journalism, new media journalism, newspapers, State of journalism, Web development
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NY Times and CNN show how an election should be covered
I remarked to my girlfriend last night how useless the wire stories about Super Tuesday were each time I saw a new one pop up. Every time a candidate won a state, a new story was released. Reading over the … Continue reading
Posted in Election coverage, Mainstream Media, multimedia journalism, new media journalism
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Not wired? Get wired!
If you’re a journalist and you’re not on WiredJournalists.com what are you doing? Well get on it! Wired Jouralists is a social network dedicated to helping journalists get wired. It’s filled with wired journalists like myself who want to help … Continue reading
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My advice for j-students who want to make a difference (and get a job)
I just told you how journalism is not a good career choice for most of you, but I know many of you are going to attempt to change journalism and I salute you. Therefor, I would be remiss if I … Continue reading
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You know, you don’t have to do video
Apparently every newspaper that has a bad Web site got some sort of memo that said, “if you just put video on your Web site, you’ll get tons of traffic and be a modern newspaper. It’ll be totally bitchin’.” But … Continue reading
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