The Local News Comeback: #InnovateLocal Insights
Local news is staging a comeback. But the players leading the way don’t work for your typical mainstream media outlets.
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Journalist Spotlight: Catharine Hamm, Los Angeles Times
Welcome to Journalist Spotlight, a Q&A series with a journalist and ProfNet user. This installment belongs to Catharine Hamm, travel editor with the Los Angeles Times. Catharine Hamm’s peripatetic career (newspapers in Kansas, Missouri, and California)...
Grammar Hammer: Why So Tense?
“While I was walking through the park, this giant spider appears out of nowhere and scared the living daylights out of me!” What’s wrong with that sentence? Absolutely nothing, if you’re as terrified of...
Did You See That Press Release? Jim Beam Pours, Blondie Returns, Barbie Debuts
With thousands of news releases published each week on PR Newswire for Journalists, no one can possibly keep up with every one of them. Here are some of our favorite releases from the past week...
Grammar Hammer: Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda
I grew up in southern West Virginia and heard phrases like “would of went” and “should of went” all the time. Thanks to my late grammarian grandfather, The Colonel, those phrases never made it...
State of the News Media: Who’s Thriving and Who’s Simply Surviving?
The media’s landscape is ever-changing and evolving. How, what, and when news is consumed can change from year to year.
Blog Profiles: Running & Fitness Blogs
Welcome to Blog Profiles! Each week, PR Newswire media relations manager Christine Cube selects an industry or subject and a handful of sites that do a good job with promoting, contributing, and blogging about...
Did You See That Press Release? Bloomberg Forms Anti-Gun Group, Maxwell House Coffee Re-launched, and Did This Winter Make You Fatter?
With thousands of news releases published each week on PR Newswire for Journalists, no one can possibly keep up with every one of them. Here are some of our favorite releases from the past week...
The Recipe for a Career in Food Blogging
When Stephanie Wise graduated from college, she thought she wanted to be a newspaper reporter. However, she realized she needed another resume builder and started the blog Girl Versus Dough. Her blog combined the two things she was...
The Editor-Freelancer Relationship: 5 Tips for Making It Work
Just because a newsroom is forced to cut staff due to tightened budgets doesn’t mean story production gets to slide. Enter the freelancer. “Fresh Water Cleveland is 100 percent freelance,” said managing editor Doug Trattner, during...
Mother Nature Network and Green Media’s Future
Earth Day is around the corner, so this month we’re spotlighting a few media sites and bloggers that are focused on the environment. We’re starting with Mother Nature Network (MNN), whose mission is to “improve your...
Blog Profiles: Food Blogs, Volume 1
There’s an unreal number of great food blogs out there. Here’s Volume 1 of our favorites.
Tell Us: How Do You Use Multimedia?
We would like to hear how multimedia is being integrated into your newsgathering and the types of images and videos you and your media outlet are most likely to use.
5 Ways Journalists Use LinkedIn for Research and Reporting
It appears LinkedIn has come a long way from its start as a conduit for creating professional connections. In fact, LinkedIn quickly is making inroads into newsrooms as a place for research, sourcing, and...
Journalist Spotlight: Mark Guarino, The Christian Science Monitor
Welcome to Journalist Spotlight, a Q&A series with a journalist and ProfNet user. This installment belongs to Mark Guarino, a staff writer for The Christian Science Monitor. Based in Chicago, he reports on national news from the...
Blog Profiles: Health and Wellness Blogs
Here are some health and wellness blogs to help prepare you for spring.
On Air Has New Meaning with KRNV and Google+
Although many newsrooms have incorporated Facebook and Twitter into their day-to-day workflow for newsgathering and reporting, Google+ has not seen the same level of traction. Melissa Carlson, anchor and reporter for KRNV News 4, would...
Faster Fact Checking, Part 4: Best Practices
In our final fact-checking installment, we’re reviewing where you can learn more about verification best practices.
Blog Profiles: Social Media and PR
Welcome to Blog Profiles! Each week, PR Newswire media relations manager Christine Cube selects an industry or subject and a handful of sites that do a good job with promoting, contributing, and blogging about...
Around the Wire in Five: Data Journalism’s Problem, New Metrics for Publishers, and More Media News
Every Friday, join PR Newswire media relations manager Amanda Hicken for a round up of five recent articles and blog posts that affect journalists, bloggers, and other content creators. 1. Four In 10 Get Their News...
