Social media and reporting workshop for Portuguese journalists

I will be presenting a full-day workshop today for the Committee of Concerned Journalists and Georgetown University for a group of visiting Portuguese journalists. We’ll be talking about social media and reporting. I will be discussing points made in several earlier blog posts:

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JRC journalists use social media to cover earthquake and hurricane

I’ve curated Journal Register newsrooms’ use of social media in covering Hurricane Irene and last week’s earthquake. I’m not sure why I can’t get this to publish to my blog (I’ve done that several times with Storify), but you can read it at the link above.

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Advice for building engagement through newsroom Twitter accounts

Like many institutional Twitter accounts, Journal Register Co. newsroom accounts need to be more engaging and conversational. We tweet a lot of links to our content. But we’re not very personable. In the coming months, I will be working with JRC colleagues to strengthen engagement on newsroom Twitter accounts. I’ll start by sharing some best [...]

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Updated and expanded Twitter tips for journalists

Someday Twitter tips will seem as unnecessary for most journalists as notebook tips. But in the past few weeks, I have encountered several journalists who were not using Twitter yet. A couple just within the last week asked my advice, so I decided to update my tips for journalists using Twitter, originally published in July [...]

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40 years in the news biz: I’ve seen a lot of change

I started my professional journalism career 40 years ago. I don’t recall the exact date I started work, but it was in August and I’m pretty sure the anniversary is sometime this week. I don’t know what that means, other than that I’m getting old and I’ve seen and survived a lot. But we like [...]

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A year after launch, lessons from the TBD experience

A year ago, my TBD colleagues and I launched one of the great adventures of my career. Few remain there. TBD barely remains, its staff and mission diminished and redefined. Founding leader Jim Brady parted ways with owner Robert Allbritton last November. By February, Allbritton changed the mission and cut the staff. By May, I [...]

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NY Times beta620 seeks feedback on innovative projects

I don’t have time for a detailed exploration of the New York Times beta620 project. But, since I have been critical of the Times on multiple occasions, I’d like to say that on first glance this looks like an excellent work of innovation, journalism and transparency. It’s a place for the Times to show off [...]

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A discussion on Twitter (of course) about editors’ use of Twitter, especially Bill Keller’s

As often happens among journalists on Twitter, we spent a lot of time Monday talking about Twitter. The discussion was sparked by a blog post by Jim Romenesko, which noted the light Twitter use by editors of the 10 largest U.S. newspapers. This post reviews the Twitter discussion, including a calling-bullshit exchange between New York [...]

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Updating ASNE leaders’ Twitter use

Most leaders of the American Society of News Editors are not active Twitter users. This post was originally part of a longer post discussing editors’ use of Twitter. I have broken that post into three parts, but the long version is still available on Storify. The discussion was prompted by Poynter blogger Jim Romenesko’s blog [...]

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Why editors should be active on Twitter

Most top newsroom editors have ignored (or never heard or read) my repeated encouragement that they should be active users of Twitter. The sorry fact is that, as many times as journalists and newsmakers have proven what an important tool Twitter is, most top editors still don’t engage on Twitter. Prompted by Boston Globe Editor [...]

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