Month: September 2012

Social media and new skills needed in local TV

If you’re working in television, you already know this –local television stations are no longer just in the business of TV. But RTDNA researcher Bob Papper has the statistics to back it up. Speaking at the Excellence in Journalism conference…

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Social media success for journalists

How is journalism changing? It’s “digital and specialized and socialized” says Columbia Journalism School’s Sree Sreenivasan. “Employers are now looking for how much audience you can corral,” said Sreenivasan.  He also said the time to build your social media following…

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Three bits of biz news that matter to multimedia journalists

About two-thirds of tablet owners use them while they watch TV, according to new research. In an article on MediaPost the news gets even better for those trying to sell a television audience. “…28% of two-screen viewers used their tablet…

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Social media as a news source

A recent survey of journalists around the world found that more than half of them use social media to find news stories and about 45% use social media to verify stories. In the United States, over 60% find or check…

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What in journalism is worth saving?

It was an interesting question posed by a distinguished journalist. “What about journalism would you keep and what would you change?” asked executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette David Shribman. Shribman challenged a group of Ole Miss journalism students to…

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