Links to various sites and databases. Read more.
RTDNA offers Newsroom Lesson Plans
November 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The RTDNF Educator in the Newsroom Lesson Plans include the following:
* Instructor bio with information on the educator’s fellowship station and lessons learned
* Detailed lesson plan with an Instructor’s Guide to help facilitate classroom lectures.
* Handouts available for printing and distribution to students as a supplement to the lectures.
Social Media Use by Consumers
November 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
From PR Newswire — Social media users in the U.S. find advertising is a fair price to pay for using social media sites and features. Fifteen percent are more inclined to buy brands that advertise in social media, representing slightly more than 30 million people 13-80 years old. Read more.
The Newsonomics of Journalist Headcounts
November 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
From Nieman Journalism Lab: by Ken Doctor. We try to make sense of how much we’ve lost and how much we’ve gained through journalism’s massive upheaval. [Read more...]
Sports Media in Digital Age
November 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
From National Sports Journalism Center. Panel: Sports Media in the Digital Age:
There’s a new paradigm in the sports industry, and indeed in the entire media business. The Internet and the new technologies that they’ve spawned are allowing sports news consumers access to information 24-7. Read more.
New Roles for News in the Fabric of Society
November 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
From Poynter.org: by Clay Shirky: The Shock of Inclusion and New Roles for News in the Fabric of Society
If you were in the news business in the 20th century, you worked in a kind of pipeline, where reporters and editors would gather facts and observations and turn them into stories, which were then committed to ink on paper or waves in the air, and finally consumed, at the far end of those various modes of transport, by the audience. Read more.
CJR: Dealing with Numbers
November 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
From Columbia Journalism Review: Serious Fun With Numbers
We’re drowning in data, but few reporters know how to use them. Read more.
Generating Revenue from Social Media
November 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
From Mashable.com.
Though social media has proved itself an effective tool in helping journalists gather news and connect with their communities, a pervading question among the skeptics still remains: Where’s the money? Read More.
Dispelling Stereotypes of Public Relations
November 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
From PRSA. by Steve Iseman
While Rob Walker’s analysis, in last weekend’s edition of The New York Times Magazine, of the potential benefits from negative publicity following the Gap’s recent logo misstep was a good read on a timely topic, he makes the same mistake that lots of folks seem to do: equating the function of publicity with the concept of public relations. Read full story.
National Edition: Teen Generated Journalism
November 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Sponsored by ASNE. my.hsj.org.
The National Edition is a weekly collection of stories from around the nation. They were written by young journalists using our publishing tool to post their school newspapers online. Schools that post PDFs only are not eligible for the National Edition. Read more.