Category Archives: Journalism

5 questions to ask your social media expert

Peter Shankman and Sarah Evans recently co-authored a blog post, "Is your social media expert really an expert" and all of the 25 questions resonate in the current "everyone jump on the social media band wagon cause there is money to be taken... um, I mean made" environment. I ...

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Mike Koehler is a social media guru

I say this in jest and Mike knows it. We talked earlier about the concept of social media gurus/experts/consultants/etc. (by the way, @mattgalloway has some great social media consultant jokes) and both agree when we hear these terms used in conjunction with social media it makes us cringe. Then again, maybe ...

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Pro Bono Part Deux

So much conversation generated, here and elsewhere, as a result of the last post. Since Chad and Abby brought their questions/comments here I will respond here and hope it generates even more conversation - which is always the goal. Let's start with Chad - Is it about money? Not directly and let me clarify this right now, ...

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Pro Bono offer to @tvnewsgal

Cindy Morrison (@tvnewsgal) of KTUL Channel 8 (@ktulnews) interviewed me yesterday regarding the use of social media and specifically twitter. We talked for more than an hour and I hope I didn’t bore her. Our conversation ranged from the specific personal and business usage of twitter all the way to ...

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5 lessons journalists can learn from bloggers

I am fascinated at the technological evolution of how we communicate. Even more so, how our expectations as an end user of media have also evolved. Gone are the day of yelling at the television in vain. If we have something to say, or ask, we simply do so through a number of tools. I am ...

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