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Twitter Notes For The Newsroom

The Twittersphere is a vast and confusing place, full of clutter. Here are my suggestions for cutting through it all.


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Making Your Business Friends With Facebook

Facebook has tipping points. By understanding those factors, you can utilize the system to your advantage.


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“Like” journalism on Facebook

On a media outlets’ website, choice of presentation is of key importance. When distributing content through Facebook however, there are no choices to be made. The social media juggernaut has just one way of doing things, and I think the best way to manipulate it is by motivating interactions. On a Facebook user’s “News Feed,” [...]


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Professional thoughts about the coverage from Tucson

Having lived in Tucson, not far from the store where the mass shooting occurred last Saturday, I was particularly stunned. I feel very sad for the victims and have since spent many hours following the coverage on national and local news sources. As an online journalist, I know this tragedy offers a lot of professional [...]


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How to build a backpack newsroom

I had a silly idea today, to set myself a goal of designing an equipment bag that would contain everything a scrappy young reporter would need to be a media production powerhouse. This project is one part opportunity to drool over new technological toys, and another part opportunity to express my belief in the convergence [...]