Tag: Social media

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?…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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How to promote a TV investigation

One of the many challenges of a television investigation is figuring out how to make sure people see it. Josh Hinkle and the investigative unit at KXAN-TV in Austin, Texas, spent 10 months looking into killings of peace officers across…

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Focus on these 4 things for great social news video

When it comes to producing news video for social and mobile consumption, visuals are the foundation, emotion gets people to care and informing the audience is the end goal.  That’s according to Geoff Dietrich, executive producer of newsgathering for AJ+,…

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