I’ve written recently about my own use of Pinterest and about how journalists and newsrooms can use Pinterest.
Now I want to share links to helpful things that others have written about Pinterest. I don’t pretend that it’s complete, just my bibliography of how I’ve learned about Pinterest.
Journalists discussing how to use Pinterest:
How to use Pinterest to enhance your articles by Ivan Lajara
Yes, even The Salt Lake Tribune is on Pinterest by Kim McDaniel
Readers Create a Pinterest Spring Garden/How we did it by Deborah Petersen
York Daily Record expanding its digital footprint via Pinterest, Facebook, blogs and more by Buffy Andrews
Interview with Buffy Andrews by Joanne Phillips (here’s the second part of the interview)
Is Your Newspaper Pintersting? by Joanne Phillips
5 Ways Journalists Can Use Pinterest by Elana Zak
How the Wall Street Journal uses Pinterest by Elana Zak
Why it’s time for journalists to pay attention to Pinterest by Jeff Sonderman
Pinterest for Journalists: For Notes, Community and Staff by Carl Lavin
Many Magazines Racing to Capitalize on Pinterest by Rupal Parekh
Sports editor makes Pinterest a Digital Ninja School project by Joe Pelletier
Other stories and posts about Pinterest:
How to find the original source of an image on Pinterest by Karen Watson
Pinterest Drives More Traffic Than Google+, YouTube and LinkedIn Combined by Zoe Fox
Rick Kats of Pinerly provides Pinterest tips, best practices by Buffy Andrews
How educators use Pinterest by Buffy Andrews
A Scrapbook on the Web Catches Fire by David Pogue
10 Features Missing From Pinterest by Stephanie Buck
York Daily News story on Pinterest co-founder Evan Sharp by Angie Mason
Pinterest and Blogging: The Good, the Bad and the Huh? by the nester
Is Pinterest the Next Social Commerce Game Changer? Graphic by Monetate
Update: Thanks to Bora Zivkovic for sending these links:
The Promise and Perils of Pinterest by Glendon Mellow
Pinterest Terms of Service, Word by Terrifying Word by Kalliopi Monoyios
Pinterest Updates Terms of Service, Drops the “Sell” by Glendon Mellow
Tool Tales: Don’t completely write of Pinterest by Susanna Speier
Pinterest report (ho hum) by Rosie Redfield
Digital First Media newsrooms on Pinterest (please let me know if I left anyone out):
Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, Mass.
Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo.
Daily Freeman, Kingston, N.Y.
Daily Local News, West Chester, Pa.
Daily Times, Delaware County, Pa.
Morning Journal, Lorain, Ohio
MorningSun Photos, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
The News-Herald, Willoughby, Ohio
The Oakland Press, Pontiac, Mich.
Public Opinion, Chambersburg, Pa.
Reporter Herald, Loveland, Colo.
Other media using Pinterest (again, additional links welcome):
A huge list of newspapers on Pinterest by Joanne Phillips, who also blogs about newspapers’ use of Pinterest
5 News Organizations to Follow on Pinterest by Jessica Roy
The funnest board I’ve seen (what are your favorites?):
I’ll wrap up this series on Pinterest shortly with a post intended to help beginners get started.
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Thanks for including my nature.com post in this incredibly useful article, Steve. Just added it to the board I created to supplement that article. Many of the tips and suggestions are applicable to journalists who cover other topics (not just science) as well. http://bit.ly/K0BxT2 Any suggestions on good metrics and monitoring tools for Pinterest?
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I’ve heard that Pinerly is helpful, but have not used it.
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Thanks, emailing them now.
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