Chapter ten: Managing news as a conversation

March 27th, 2011 March 27th, 2011
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One of the greatest challenges journalists face today is learning how to manage a news conversation. According to Mark Briggs, this begs three questions: How do journalists participate in the conversation without sacrificing their objectivity or credibility? What about legal and ethical issues now that everyone can publish anything they want on a professional news […]

Five ways you can use Twitter for bloggers

February 27th, 2011 February 27th, 2011
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Twitter. It’s been the buzz of the past few years. Now, that it has made it big, everyone is encouraged to jump on the bandwagon and get with it.  Here’s are the top five ways you can get in on the hype: 5. Interesting drives traffic With Twitter, if you are smart, witty or cool enough, you […]

Twitter raises awareness for the homeless

February 16th, 2011 February 16th, 2011
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I never thought of myself as much of a blog or Twitter person. Yes, I have a personal blog where I vent and write about issues that are important to me. And yes, I have a Twitter account where I would tweet maybe once every two months. However, when I started this class, doing these […]

Chapter four: Microblogging

February 15th, 2011 February 15th, 2011
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Twitter. It’s the one thing that comes to mind when you hear the word microblogging. In what way can we possibly cover news in less than 140 characters? What is microblogging? It’s the idea that lets individuals write and share small content of news online via short sentences, images or video links. It is an […]

Mandy Jenkins Visits COMM 361

February 14th, 2011 February 14th, 2011
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There’s a famous saying that the harder you work, the luckier you get. This saying holds true for Mandy Jenkins, director of social media for TBD. Coming from a town in rural Ohio, Jenkins has always worked hard. She wanted to be a part of the media world; however, she discovered that her career path […]