Online Producer/Web Editor The Center for Sustainable Journalism is looking for a highly-skilled, qualified employee to lead online production, web development and digital strategy for YouthToday.org and the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (JJIE.org) – national publications covering various aspects of youth issues, policy and industry news. The successful applicant will be a self-starter w…[more]
I hate to admit it, but Twitter is saturated with bots, spammers and every single kind of business from here to Tokyo. With that said, I still love it. The people make it all worth it. Twitter has bee…[more]
In the social media world things tend to change quickly. A year may as well be a decade, or at least it seems. Videoinfographs.com has put together a great, engaging video infographic with the …[more]
Let’s face it, the job market is competitive regardless of your industry. The way people are getting hired is changing as well. Last year, nearly half of new people hired by companies in the United …[more]
Read this if you’re wondering why you should attend the Social Media Integration Conference in September 2011. Social media is not a plaything, a buzzword or a passing fad. It’s here to stay. And, yes, It can even create leads for your business. Some of the main social networks that businesses and business professionals use…
So you’re sold on this social media thing. Its fun, hip, and generally what’s happening. But how do you sell your boss (and the rest of your organization) on the benefits of diving headlong into a non-traditional marketing strategy? For some social media is still mystical and even scary, but there are some added benefits…
In the left corner, sporting the title belt with 600 million users, is Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook. In the right corner, hosting the world’s largest English-language image forum and 7 million users, is Christopher “Moot” Poole of 4Chan. So why the heavy weight bout? The future of your online privacy may depend on it. On…
While online reporting shouldn’t replace on-the-street-in-person reporting, it can be helpful sometimes to use methods for finding sources and information and for promoting your work. Here are some social media tools journalists can use to keep track of topics. 1. Twitter lists If you create lists as you follow new people, you can check them…
It’s no secret times are changing. Now more than ever the power to report lies in the palm of your hand. The catch? It’s up to you to get the most out of your mobile device. The New York Times made headlines when it announced it would be equipping new hires with iPhone 4′s to…
We just posted a study yesterday from the Pew Internet and American Life Project on internet telephone use that many people (including our staff) found really surprising. Today another interesting study is out showing that 13% of internet users have used Twitter with non-whites leading the pack. According to Pew the study shows a significant…
WOW! Have you seen the new research coming out of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project about the use of the internet to make phone calls? It has our office really surprised. Their main finding: A quarter of American adult internet users (24%) have placed phone calls online (about 19% of all American…
So why did you click through to this post? Do you enjoy bad advice? Did curiosity get the best of you? Or are you smart enough to realize that our bits and pieces of unconventional wisdom aren’t genuinely bad advice? Either way we’re glad you’re here. In some small way it’s a sign that we’re doing…
A few months ago, journalists flocked to Quora. Now, how are they using it, and is it really a valuable tool? In case you don’t know, Quora is a Q&A site similar to Yahoo Answers or LinkedIn Answers. As Poynter.org points out, journalists rapidly took to the site because it got a good deal of…
As Clay pointed out in his last post about social journalism, more journalists are using Facebook as a journalism tool. So, should journalists be focusing so much attention on something that is not their own media organization? Scott Rosenberg, writer, editor and co-founder and managing editor of Salon, brought this question up on his blog…
