In the words of James Harding, BBC’s news director, the age of mobile video is upon us. So, how are they responding at the “Beeb?” With an understanding of audience demands, according to Nathalie Malinarich, editor for mobile and new formats.…
“We’re doing mobile journalism wrong.” Judd Slivka teaches mobile journalism at the University of Missouri and says he’s tested more than 700 apps in the process. So, why is this mobile evangelist down on mobile news gathering as it’s done…
Two things we know about social media. Sharing news is easy. Engaging the audience is hard. So why bother? Engagement is key to building an audience for the journalism you work so hard to produce. Here are three tips for boosting…
When Tony Russell heads out to cover a story for KOTV in Tulsa, Oklahoma, his toolkit includes two phones and a host of apps. His favorite is Instagram. “I use Instagram because I like to show viewers what I’m working…
In television, sound is the other half of the picture. No matter how gorgeous your video is, its impact depends in part on the quality of the audio. Lousy sound can ruin even the strongest pictures. So if sound is so…
What if you’re working a story and stumble across some good information in an email, but don’t know who the heck sent it? Amit Agarwal on the tech site Digital Inspiration has a great primer on how to track down…
Sometimes you stumble across something that’s just so good, you have to share it. After spending a lot of years with interns and young reporters, the Arkansas Times posted musings from a columnist with 15 pieces of sage advice for…
News conferences are part of every journalist’s work life. Some reporters can’t go a week without covering several–largely because the newsmakers on their beat hold group sessions regularly but rarely schedule one-on-ones. It’s not easy to get good material from a…
Reporting a story on social media as it happens is one more task that reporters like Beth Parker at Fox 5 DC have to work into their days. Parker recently covered the aftermath of a storm that brought a tree…
Every time you turn around, it seems like there are new social media tools to try out. From Rebel Mouse to Storyful Multisearch, they just seem to keep coming. For journalists, it’s important to keep up with what’s going on…
