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Got Scoop? DC Reporters Discuss How Social Media Has Changed the Game
Social media may have changed the way news gets reported, but some old school rules still apply. Namely, if you’re at a meeting and you hear a scoop and no other journalists are in...
Media Insider: Publishers Now Hiring Platform Specialists, Kuwait Advances in Digital News Game, and Bloomberg Business Becomes Bloomberg
Welcome to Media Insider, PR Newswire’s round up of journalism, blogging and freelancing stories from the week. The Rise of the Publishing Platform Specialist (The Wall Street Journal) It appears publications now are hiring a...
Media Insider: Fixing Twitter, How Top Publishers Optimize Headlines, and Survival of the First Amendment
Welcome to Media Insider, PR Newswire’s round up of journalism, blogging and freelancing stories from the week. Will the First Amendment Survive the Information Age? (Poynter) The First Amendment has survived plenty of change...
Media Insider: Newspapers Try Audio, VICE Protects Confidential Sources With New Tool, Facebook Reactions Coming Soon
Welcome to Media Insider, PR Newswire’s round up of journalism, blogging and freelancing stories from the week. The Wall Street Journal Tests Closing the Google Paywall Loophole (Digiday) The Wall Street Journal has long had...
Media Insider: Twitter Considers Longer Tweets, Snapchat Builds Ad Tech Platform, Yahoo Shuts Video Portal
Welcome to Media Insider, PR Newswire’s round up of journalism, blogging and freelancing stories from the week. Twitter Considering 10,000-Character Limit for Tweets (Re/code) It appears longer tweets are in the works. Re/code reports Twitter...
Media Insider: The Right News for Each Social Media Platform, Another Freelancer Survey and Media Moves
Welcome to Media Insider, PR Newswire’s round up of journalism, blogging and freelancing stories from the week. Futures Lab Update #124: How to Tailor News for Each Social Media Platform (PBS MediaShift) This Future Labs...
Media Insider: PR Lessons From Time Magazine, Tips for Surviving “Twitter Rage” and More Media Moves
Welcome to Media Insider, PR Newswire’s round up of journalism, blogging and freelancing stories from the week. Push it: How The Wall Street Journal Plans to Make its Push Alerts More Personal (Nieman Journalism Lab)...
Media Insider: Insight on User Research for the Newsroom, Social Media Dashboards Compared
Welcome to Media Insider, PR Newswire’s round up of journalism, blogging and freelancing stories from the week. Two Out of Two News Organizations Recommend User Research (Nieman Journalism Lab) Two prominent (but very different) news...
How to Interview and Capture Details in the Digital Age
In a digital-first news landscape, journalists are providing instant content on social media while simultaneously producing in-depth coverage. It may seem impossible to balance the need for expediency with the desire for enterprise storytelling, but these...
How to Use Facebook as a Reporting Tool in 5 Steps
Facebook recently made changes that could alter the way people consume news, driving a lot of think-piece fodder about the implications it has on journalism. But it’s possible the social media tool’s latest iterations could, in fact,...
Tweeting Live 101: 12 Twitter Tips for Covering Events
Live tweeting requires skill, strategy, and social savvy in order to be really effective.
Choosing a Blog Name That Sticks
From the very beginning, I knew I wanted to create a mommy blog – I just didn’t know anything else. I mean, first of all, what on earth was I going to call this...
Top 3 Ways Journalists Use Social Media
Social media has revolutionized how people receive and share news and information. Because of this change with how people around the world consume news, journalists – and the media landscape – have had to quickly...
9 Facebook Tips for Bloggers
Depending on your demographic, Facebook could be a major way to boost traffic to your blog.
Patrolling the Trolls: How Journalists Can Cope with Harassment and Threats
Though the anonymity of the Internet makes self-expression much easier, it can also spur hateful rhetoric that is generally met with little repercussion. Many overlook the fact that journalists are often on the receiving...
10 Twitter Tips for Bloggers
Any time I go to research news outlets, publications, bloggers or writers (or anyone really), the first social media account I look up is their Twitter account. I hop right on to Google and search...
Media Insider: Social Media-Based Reporting, The Problem with Formulaic Coverage and More Media Moves
Welcome to Media Insider, PR Newswire’s round up of journalism, blogging and freelancing stories from the week. Social Media-Based Reported.ly Launches a Website But its Social-First Approach Remains Central (World Editors Forum Blog) Reported.ly is...
10 Instagram Tips for Bloggers
Many bloggers fail to recognize the potential of Instagram. Instagram can greatly enhance your blog in a number of ways, from networking to directing traffic. Out of all the social media platforms out there,...
Career Crossroads: Veteran TV Reporter Talks Social Media Pros and Cons
Join us on the third Wednesday of every month for Career Crossroads, a look at how journalists, bloggers, and freelancers are adapting to the changes in their media careers. Catch up on previous installments at...
