Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About Reliability of Information

January 21, 2010

Yesterday Cision released the results of their Social Media and Online Usage Study, a survey of social media usage by print and Web journalists. Conducted with Don Bates of George Washington University, the study measures the journalists’ use of and attitudes toward social media for researching and reporting stories.
While it could be argued that some [...]

Top 10 Reasons The New York Times is Really Putting up a Paywall

January 20, 2010

Today The New York Times made it official that they will be introducing a metered model starting in 2011. There is additional information in the NYTco press release, and Jim Romenesko and others have published the staff memo.
Since the NYT is giving themselves a year to work out the details before implementing the paid model, [...]

Alicia Keys Facebook Page: I’d Sign Up if She Asked Me All Cool

January 19, 2010

Want to use your Facebook Page to build out your mailing list? Alicia Keys knows how to do it.
Users who go to the “Sign Up” tab on her Facebook Page get a personal appeal from Alicia Keys herself, extolling the virtues of her mailing list. Here’s how the video appears on the sign-up form (watch [...]

Help Haiti: News Sites Promote Ways to Donate

January 14, 2010

As the devastation and human tragedy caused by the Haiti earthquake grows, people are flocking to the news media for information, and more importantly to learn ways that they can help.
I’ve been impressed by how much attention the media has given to promoting ways that people can make donations. Aid organizations are racing against time [...]

The Most Popular NBA Teams on Twitter and Facebook

January 12, 2010
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NBA players, like many professional athletes, have taken social media by storm, but what about their teams? Fans love hearing directly from players, but they also identify strongly with the teams themselves. Twitter and Facebook offer a great opportunity for NBA teams to connect with their fans in a more personal, interactive way. So which [...]

PEJ Study Shows Print Still Primary Source of Original News Reporting

January 11, 2010

The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism released a study today of the modern news ecosystem, examining a week of news activity in Baltimore, MD. You can get the details from the study itself but I wanted to point out a couple things that caught my attention.
Of the stories in Baltimore that week [...]

Hearst Skiff Reader Looks Cool

January 7, 2010

Hearst’s Skiff Reader is being unveiled at CES this week. My professional, analytical opinion is it looks pretty darn good.

Newsweek on Tumblr: Good Effort, Needs More Engagement

January 6, 2010

Awareness of Newsweek’s Tumblr site has been increasing of late. It’s actually been around for a while but Newsweek seems to have been giving it more attention over the past few months.

I like it. The layout is clean and simple, the content is interesting and Newsweek is mixing in plenty of items from other sources. [...]

My Top 10 Posts of 2009 on News Media, SEO and Social Media

January 4, 2010

I was going to post this last week but then opted wisely for letting myself enjoy a holiday break. Also I’ve only been blogging here for about six months, so I’m still building up momentum. But since all the cool kids have been sharing their top posts I wanted to join in, plus follow [...]

How to Identify Your Own Top Trends of 2009

December 22, 2009

Yesterday Facebook shared its Top Status Trends of 2009, providing insight into what terms most commonly occurred in users’ status updates. Last week Twitter gave us their Top Twitter Trends of 2009 for categories like news events, people, movies, etc. And throughout December we’ve gotten top 2009 searches lists from Google, Yahoo, Bing and Ask.
Data [...]

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