by Deborah Potter • • Comments Off on 9 tips for social media success
Every journalist needs to be on social media, especially Facebook and Twitter. It takes time to attract followers but the payoff is worth it in story ideas and an expanded audience for your work. So how do you get there?…
by Debora Wenger • • Comments Off on Student journalists tripping up with Twitter?
If you’re a journalism educator or a journalism student, two new studies are worth a look. The researchers behind “U.S. College Student Media and Twitter: Are Student Media Following Best Practices” surveyed the research and developed a list of five…
by Debora Wenger • • Comments Off on 6 keys to successful social videos
Digital news video consumption is increasing in general and across all the dominant social media platforms. When videos published to social are designed specifically for the medium and by extension for mobile devices, they tend to perform better on measures…
by Deborah Potter • • Comments Off on How to search and share better on social
You’re on Facebook and Twitter, of course, but are you making the most of each platform? What about Instagram and LinkedIn? Tracy Davidson, morning anchor at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia, is on all of the above, early and often. “I start…
by Debora Wenger • • Comments Off on Social media fosters “empathy” in journalists
Tony Russell is a reporter for KJRH, a Scripps-owned NBC affiliate in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A native of St. Louis, he graduated from the University of Mississippi in 2010. He also has worked for KHBS/KHOG-TV in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Russell holds…
by Debora Wenger • • Comments Off on How to get a social media job in a newsroom
Forget “digital first,” you need to be “digital now,” says Tanita Gaither, digital content manager for Raycom’s WIS-TV in Columbia, South Carolina. The 2011 graduate from the University of Georgia says it’s simply not enough to post regularly to your own personal…
by Deborah Potter • • Comments Off on Five Facebook tips for journalists
Social media can be a bother, just one more thing to fit into an already overloaded day. If it feels that way to you, you’re doing it wrong. Boyd Huppert, who’s been in TV news more than 30 years, calls…
by Deborah Potter • • Comments Off on Tips for using social media wisely
Want some good social media advice? “Don’t post anything you would be uncomfortable going on TV to defend.” That’s what Ric Sanchez tells his colleagues at the Washington Post. Just three years out of college, Sanchez is a social media…
by Debora Wenger • • Comments Off on How journalists can play the social media game
If you don’t have time for social media, you don’t have time for your customers. So says Chip Mahaney, a recruiter for E.W. Scripps, who offers suggestions for journalists trying to expand their social footprints. “Be social, not awkward. It’s not…
by Debora Wenger • • Comments Off on Three of four U.S. journalists feel more engaged with audience thanks to social media
The advent of social media has, of course, fundamentally changed journalism in the U.S. and around the world. According to research conducted by Dr. Agnes Gulyas of Canterbury Christ Church University in the U.K., 78% of the U.S. journalists she…