Archive for journalism
Steps to Protect Your Social Media Account from Getting Hacked
As you may have heard by now, The Onion recently became the latest in a string of large news organizations to be attacked and have their Twitter hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army. They were able to regain control fairly quickly, but in a surprising twist, they also decided to publish a blog post detailing how their security was breached.
Watch Barbara Walters Announce Her 2014 Retirement on ‘The View’
Veteran TV journalist Barbara Walters announced her retirement Monday on The View, revealing that her more than 50-year run on television will end in the summer of 2014
Walters, whose career started on the Today Show in 1961, teased the news late Sunday on Twitter in tweet that read, "Big news — and I want to tell you first."
"A year from now I plan to retire from appearing on television at all. It has a been an absolutely joyful, rewarding, challenging, fascinating and occasionally bumpy ride," Walters said during her retirement segment
"I wouldn't change a thing. I'm perfectly healthy. This is my decision." Read more...
How Vine is Changing the Face of Online Journalism
Although Vine was only released in January, it’s already made an impact in the world of citizen journalism, and it’s easy to see why – its ease of use, length constraints and accessibility make it the perfect platform for people to capture their own news, ready to share it with their friends and family on social media.
Where Community Meets Journalism
“Curation is another name for editing which is another word for journalism – bringing together lots of info from one place.” This is exactly what a good community manager does as well. By allowing your community to share and discuss topics that are relevant to them, we are acting as curators. That is precisely why we have community guidelines to help us moderate and manage the members, as well as encourage good community behaviour.
Will Content Marketing Kill Journalism or Save it?
There’s a lot of background chatter lately about brand sponsored content being the death of journalism. It’s true that the traditional financial model that allowed the journalism profession to flourish in the latter decades of the 20th century has been getting slowly chipped away at more or less since the turn of the millennium.
The Rise of Citizen Journalism
Controlling how news is reported and disseminated is inextricably linked to power. That's why dictatorships have always censored or removed the free press and run state TV stations with a rod of iron. While much of the western world has moved on from that, media is often controlled by a certain group, making citizen journalism a vital part of the opening up of reporting to everyone.
Category: blogging, citizen journalism, community, journalism, News, Social Media, social networks /
Ten Steps for Managing an Online Crisis
Have a communications expert on speed dial. Oh, I already said this, didn’t I? Whenever I repeat this to friends, colleagues, or peers, someone will text me with some smarty pants remark such as, “How quickly do you respond to communication crises?” Have someone on speed dial who has lots and lots and lots of experience with issues and crisis management.
Get Media Attention: 6 Tips to Pitch Journalists on Your Own
Choose one newspaper, magazine, or blog that makes a difference in your industry. It can be Wall Street Journal or it can be one of your trade publications. Choose just one. Once a week, comment on one article, blog post, or editorial. After about six weeks, the journalist will feel like he or she is beginning to know you and will call you for a story in the works.
Category: Advertising, Content, Engagement, journalism, Marketing, Social Media, story pitches, the press /
Boston Bombing: Twitter News Network Trumps CNN Again
Like many, I found myself gripped by the real-time reports that poured in on the evening of April 19th. Boston Police were in close pursuit of the second Boston Marathon bombing suspect. Up to this point, I mostly followed the story via @CNN and CNNLive. I noticed however, that some of the most interesting updates were shared via Twitter directly by the Boston Police (@Boston_Police).
In Breaking News, the Market Demands a Rumor Mill
Here's the sad truth: in a time of crises, we thirst for information to quench our frenzied minds. We want this information so badly that we will lower our standards and tune in to real-time and social sourced quasi-journalism. Is this good for the news industry? Does it hurt the network's credibility?
