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Feb. 2: How newspapers played the Facebook IPO on page one today (2)

Just a few papers had fun today with the announcement that Facebook is about ready for an Initial Public Offering — or IPO — of stock. This is expected to raise $5 billion or more for the company. — DAILY NEWS Palo Alto, Calif. Circulation: 18,500 The paper in Palo Alto led today with a picture of tourists standing beside [...]

Jan. 31: A recap of the Poynter chat today with Scott Goldman

The live chat I hosted this afternoon at Poytner.org — with guest Scott Goldman, director of digital and visuals at the Indianapolis Star — went over pretty well. I was worried that we might not get enough great questions. I needn’t have worried. The crowd had fabulous questions. And Scott provided terrific answers. Poynter has asked me to contribute to [...]

Jan. 22: No, this is NOT a real front page from the Washington Post (17)

Have you seen this? It’s been making the rounds today. At first, it looks like a surreal juxtaposition — the kind I’ve been writing about lately (here and here). That looks nothing like the Washington Post you’ll find at the Newseum today. Most folks passing it around are claiming it’s an earlier edition. No, it’s not an earlier edition. It’s [...]

Jan. 6: A smart way to reach out to your social media audience (2)

You’ve seen the new Facebook “timeline,” format right? It lays out your Facebook home page — or “wall” — a little differently, with a huge, horizontally-cropped picture across the top and then a smaller “profile” mug shot below. Here is the way mine looks at this very moment: For my “cover picture” — as Facebook calls it — I chose [...]

Jan. 1: Study social media with Michigan State’s Karl Gude

Michigan State University professor Karl Gude asked his Facebook friends today for help in getting the word out about an online course he’s teaching this semester. Here’s the flyer: The social media course is for non-students as well as students. Karl says that, in particular, he’s hoping to reach “non-tech savvy people.” In other words, the folks who need the [...]

Dec. 8, 2011: Via e-mail: A quick discussion of internet freedom, crappy government and generational pride (1)

Hey, I love my “job” blogging for you fine folks. Not only does it keep me sharp and productive, it also leads to some really cool conversations. Here’s one from this morning. (I’m editing these to match my usual formatting and to embed links and videos and such) — Hello! My name is Danielle Morris, I am currently a senior [...]

Dec. 8, 2011: The Guardian tracks the spread of rumors via Twitter

Fascinating stuff in today’s Guardian on the role of social media in the English riots earlier this year. James Ball of the Guardian writes: The role of Twitter and Facebook in the Arab spring – though arguably overstated – was widely praised, at least in the west, and led to eager debate on the world such technologies were enabling. The [...]

Nov. 1, 2011: NYT social media editor: ‘My job will probably not exist in 5 years’

Megan Garber of the Nieman Journalism Lab reports: The New York Times’ co-social media editor, Liz Heron, said that her own position probably falls on the side of transitional. “I think my job will probably not exist in five years,” she said. Not because use of social media by newsrooms will fade, Heron says. But because social media efforts will [...]

Sept. 16, 2011: Today’s stunning ‘social media’ statistic (1)

Just the other day, one of my Facebook friends was complaining about all the buzz he sees on Facebook and Twitter about Facebook and Twitter. New media — and social media, especially — can be awfully introspective at times. But perhaps there are reasons for this. For example, I’m not sure the general public realizes just how big social media [...]

July 13, 2011: Newport News’ Amber Nettles leaves the newspaper business for the world of broadcast

Amber Nettles — manager of mobile news and social networking for the Daily Press of Newport News, Va. — has left newspapers for a job with a broadcast company. Friday was her last day on the job for the Daily Press, she tells us. Amber studied at Christopher Newport University, worked first as a copy editor for the Daily Press [...]

June 14, 2011: Here’s an interesting idea: Dump your blog and go Facebook-only (3)

Now, I’m not sure I’d actually recommend you do this or anything. But man, what a radical concept. Poynter’s Jeff Sonderman today writes about the Rockford Central “hyperlocal” news blog which stopped posting on its web site on March 1 and has gone Facebook-only. Sonderman writes: “Facebook is where people, by and large, have decided to go for their first-stop [...]

May 13, 2011: TBD’s Steve Buttry moving to Journal Register company (2)

Steve Buttry – new media guru and currently the director of community engagement for the experimental TBD “hyperlocal” news operation in D.C. — was named today a similar position for the Journal Register chain. His start date? Steve tweeted today: Still in DC for now. Eventually: TBD, er, to be determined. Heh… A 1976 graduate of Texas Christian University in [...]

April 17, 2011: How the Sanford (N.C.) Herald played Saturday’s tornado (1)

UPDATED 6 p.m. Sunday with a few more credits. — A strong band of storms ripped through the Southeast over the past couple of days. You probably saw my note about the extraordinary work done Saturday by the Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Miss. The storms reached North Carolina yesterday, causing damage in the Raleigh and Sanford area. As the afternoon progressed, [...]

April 14, 2011: Nashville Tennessean rehires Erin Cubert — as director of social media

Karen Lee-Ryan — director of online content for the Nashville Tennessean — announced today: We’ve hired a new Social Media Director, and many of you already know her name: Erin Cubert. Erin is the person who started The Tennessean’s social media efforts nearly three years ago. In the revamped social media job, she’ll not only to strategically manage our Twitter, Facebook, [...]

Oct. 25, 2010: Conference on privacy, the press and social media

Janna Fischer – a former designer who left her job at the Denver Post last year to study law at the University of Colorado — writes to tell us about a very interesting conference coming up in December: How often do you use Facebook as a source? Have you had any conversations in your newsroom about if you should be? [...]

Oct. 23, 2010: The most exclusive FourSquare badge ever

I don’t mess around much with FourSquare, nor do I care to read much about it. But I must admit, this is cool. And funny as hell. Talk about an exclusive FourSquare badge: “Douglas W.” is NASA astronaut Douglas H. Wheelock. And yeah, he’s in space right now: Find Douglas’ Twitter feed here. Go here for more information about the [...]

Oct. 20, 2010: A wicked parody of newsroom use of social media (2)

Apparently brought to us by Fox 4, KDFW-TV in Dallas. Enjoy: Thanks to Wes Rand for posting this today on, um, Facebook.

Oct. 19, 2010: St. Louis’ Erica Smith promoted to social media editor

The official announcement today by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Erica Smith will take on a new assignment as the newsroom’s social media editor. Erica will be our point person as we explore our use of social media tools too tell stories and promote our work. She also coordinate newsroom efforts in this area with efforts going on in the rest [...]

Oct. 1, 2010: Why you have to be careful when you tweet (5)

Hey, I’m convinced. Despite my earlier skepticism, I see Twitter now as a valuable tool. For getting news out about my blog, in my case, at least among a relatively small number of “early adopter” types. But especially as a place to find news tips that can turn into blog posts. Twitter gives me a hell of a head start [...]

Oct. 1, 2010: A Facebook-like treatment for the ‘Facebook’ movie (5)

Andy Neumann of the Scripps Howard central design desk in Corpus Christi, Texas, writes: I did a layout for the AP review of The Social Network in the style of a Facebook page. My editors really liked it and told me I should enter it in contests when the time comes. I figured I’d send a copy your way, get [...]

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