It's All Journalism http://itsalljournalism.com Journalism is not dying. It's changing. Sat, 15 Jun 2013 14:16:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 It's All Journalism brings together the experiences of working journalists as they explore this continuously evolving field. Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 2012 ItsAllJournalism.com Media in Transition journalism, media, disruption, newspapers, press, interviews It's All Journalism http://itsalljournalism.com/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/podcast.jpg http://itsalljournalism.com Washington, D.C. Weekly Margaret Ely — Young journalist pursues success at The Washington Post http://itsalljournalism.com/42-margaret-ely-web-producer-the-washington-post/ http://itsalljournalism.com/42-margaret-ely-web-producer-the-washington-post/#comments Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:19:02 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=2012 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/42-margaret-ely-web-producer-the-washington-post/feed/ 0 digital first,digital journalism,internships,job hunting,Margaret Ely,Washington Post By Michael O'Connell - We talk a lot on our podcast about “young journalists” coming into the field and what they should know in order to succeed. Wasn’t it about time for us to have a young journalist in to talk about the challenges of finding that f... By Michael O'Connell We talk a lot on our podcast about “young journalists” coming into the field and what they should know in order to succeed. Wasn’t it about time for us to have a young journalist in to talk about the challenges of finding that first job? Margaret Ely has come a long way in a short time. A recent graduate of the Indiana University School of Journalism, she’s now a Web producer at The Washington Post. “I just had no idea what I wanted to do,” she said. “But, I took one journalism class and I fell in love with it. We did a current events quiz and I aced it. That makes me sound really silly. I was just like this is so fun and there's so much you can do. You can do broadcast or you can do public relations, Indiana kind of gave you all of that. It just rung with me for some reason.” Ely decided to follow the newspaper track at the school, because that seemed the natural thing to do. But she eventually realized that if she wanted to find a job, she needed to switch her focus. Read a transcript of our interview with Margaret Ely. “I don't know who told me or how I figured it out, but I realized probably junior year of college that as much as I loved newspapers and I loved reporting and I love writing, I realized that I needed to build a set of skills that were Web based,” she said. "I need to learn what SEO [search engine optimization] means, I need to learn how to code. I need to do Web design. Not to replace my newspaper training, but to supplement. I think if anyone wants to succeed in this industry right now and wants to get a job, they need have those things.” Although her j-school training helped to hone her skills, it was Ely’s own initiative that led to her current job at The Post. “It's silly because I was really only looking for a job at The Post,” she said. “But I think, I knew that even when I was applying for their internship program, you can apply to be a reporting intern, you can apply to be a Web producing intern, you can apply to be a copy editor and I chose Web producer, because I knew I kind of had the skills and also that that is more of a growing field as opposed to reporting, straight reporting.” "I always feel like I need to constantly be learning. You cannot become complacent." Ely is fortunate that her job producing for The Post’s Local Living section allows her to use her digital skills every day, while affording her opportunities to write and report stories. One of her primary duties is overseeing a regular home design feature called House Calls. “It's almost one of my favorite things to do, which some people would think is funny,” Ely said. “It is a weekly series every Thursday when Local Living comes out. We have a designer paired with a homeowner who wants a different room in their house redone.” Ely’s job is to “run the train.” She brings together the designer and homeowner, writes about the redesign and incorporates visual elements such as photos or illustrations to create a multimedia package for the Living Local section. “Every single week, I have to come up with a different way ... of writing about how the designer wants the room to look,” she said. “So all the little blurbs and stuff come from me. When you do something routine, it really strengthens your writing because you can't be boring every single week.” Although Ely is just a year out of school, she’s already feeling the need to learn more skills to help with her career. “Not back to school, but I always feel like I need to constantly be learning,” she said. “You cannot become complacent. I do see people at The Post that have been in the industry for a while and they don't have a Twitter [account] or they don't understand what WordPress is, and that's OK, but for someone or for me, I've always been on the cusp of technology and I want to keep up. That's the only way that I'm going to be successful.” Read a transcript of our interview with Margaret Ely. Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 46:40 When is a wall more of a fence? http://itsalljournalism.com/when-is-a-wall-more-of-a-fence/ http://itsalljournalism.com/when-is-a-wall-more-of-a-fence/#comments Mon, 10 Jun 2013 11:05:06 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=1959 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/when-is-a-wall-more-of-a-fence/feed/ 2 On Wednesday, June 12, the Washington Post will launch a paywall, limiting access to its online content to paid subscribers. In this special podcast, It's All Journalism producers Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars and Michael O'Connell discuss what this move... On Wednesday, June 12, the Washington Post will launch a paywall, limiting access to its online content to paid subscribers. In this special podcast, It's All Journalism producers Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars and Michael O'Connell discuss what this move means, including how the Washington Post's paywall may be more of a fence than a wall — at least to start with. Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 30:37 John Sullivan — Portrait of an investigative reporter http://itsalljournalism.com/john-sullivan-portrait-of-an-investigative-reporter/ http://itsalljournalism.com/john-sullivan-portrait-of-an-investigative-reporter/#comments Sat, 08 Jun 2013 13:05:26 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=1904 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/john-sullivan-portrait-of-an-investigative-reporter/feed/ 0 American University,data,investigative reporting,Investigative Reporting Workshop,John Sullivan,journalism education,Philadelphia Inquirer,public service,Pulitzer Prize,reporters,Washington Post By Michael O'Connell - John Sullivan says it's difficult to make an investigative reporter. They just come out that way. - "There are reporters who have this incredible desire to get to the truth no matter what the personal cost is, By Michael O'Connell John Sullivan says it's difficult to make an investigative reporter. They just come out that way. "There are reporters who have this incredible desire to get to the truth no matter what the personal cost is, as far as time and effort and energy," he said. "Certainly, they’re not crusaders, but they just have this unquenchable curiosity about what is really going on here. They are very smart about how they see the world and these problems. I mean they have this kind of instinct about how the world works and people relate to each other." Sullivan is a Pulitzer-Prize-winning investigative reporter. He was part of the The Philadelphia Inquirer's team that won the public service prize for a series of articles about the under-reported school violence in the Philadelphia school system. One of the keys of what makes an investigative reporter is the objective of their work. "We look for wrongdoing," he said. "We look for harm. We're analyzing a problem. We're trying to determine what is the true state of this agency, and so we're usually trying to determine, 'Is there something wrong here?' And, I think a lot of reporters do that, but I think a lot of reporters also do lots of other types of stories too. Investigative reporters focus mainly on those things." "We look for wrongdoing. We look for harm. We're analyzing a problem." Investigative stories have a degree of scope, as well, and reporters tries to reflect that in the work they do. "What we try to do is recognize that most problems are fairly complex and that it's easy to have a knee-jerk reaction and say, 'This is bad," Sullivan said. "But we try to understand, kind of, why is it not working this way? Is it incompetence, is it corruption or is it just basically good people, working hard to try to figure something out that's really hard to figure out?" On-the-job training in investigative reporting Recently, Sullivan was jointly hired by The Washington Post, American University and the Investigative Reporting Workshop. "What we tried to do here was try to develop a journalism program that would allow students to do high level, high quality work in a working publication — The Post — and to also take a class at the same time at American University, get credit for this," he said. "And so, we've developed this essenstially a practicum, like an internship program, where graduate students work on the investigative team at The Post several days a week and they work with me on my stories, or with any of the other investigative reporters on their stories. And they get credit for that." Read a transcript of our interview with John Sullivan. Students learn about "the process" of putting together an investigative piece of journalism with hands on experience, rather than following some artificial structure put together by a professor. "They get a chance to work in a 10 person investigative team, where they get to watch all the other stories develop, talk to the reporters about how the're doing their stories and then work on stories that we're working on," Sullivan said. "We don't guarantee them that the story will be completed by the time the semester's over. And, we don't guarantee them that they'll get bylines, although we hope that they do and we want them to. And we want them to contribute significant reporting." One investigation leads to another The Pulitzer-Prize-winning Inquirer story came out of work Sullivan was doing about child protective services in Philadelphia. He did a project with Ken Dilanian, who's now the national security and intelligence reporter for The Los Angeles Times, about children being beaten to death after their families came under the scrutiny of child protective services. That story led to an overhaul of the system, the firing of two offiicals and the criminal indictment and conviction of 18 people for the death of a 14-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, Danieal Kelly. Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 52:17 Former Post Ombudsman Andy Alexander talks innovative journalism http://itsalljournalism.com/former-post-ombudsman-andy-alexander-talks-innovative-journalism/ http://itsalljournalism.com/former-post-ombudsman-andy-alexander-talks-innovative-journalism/#comments Fri, 31 May 2013 19:46:17 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=1877 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/former-post-ombudsman-andy-alexander-talks-innovative-journalism/feed/ 0 Andy Alexander,business,Cox Enterprises,Cox Newspapers,entrepreneur,innovation,innovative journalism,monetization,Ohio University journalism,ombudsman,The Washington Post,Washington Post Ombudsman By Megan Cloherty - WASHINGTON - Innovative journalism — it's not only the class long-time newspaperman Andy Alexander teaches at his alma mater, it has become his passion. - Alexander spent 38 years with Cox Newspapers, By Megan Cloherty WASHINGTON - Innovative journalism — it's not only the class long-time newspaperman Andy Alexander teaches at his alma mater, it has become his passion. Alexander spent 38 years with Cox Newspapers, part of the Cox Enterprises Company, before becoming the ombudsman for The Washington Post. Now he is both teaching his students and learning from their approach to journalism how best to keep the industry financially afloat. "In the world today, I don't think we have a journalism problem. We have more journalism, good and bad, than we've ever had. We have as revenue model problem. And we have to be thinking that way of who pays for it. Doesn't mean we have to end up like Bill Gates or Steve Jobs, but it does mean that we have enough money to pay for our journalism," he says. Alexander sees instilling a business mindset as a priority in journalism education. He talks about an innovative challenge put to Ohio University students tasked with tackling the revenue hurdles of local media companies. "I don't think we have a journalism problem. We have more journalism, good and bad, than we've ever had. We have as revenue model problem." "In my first 20 years in journalism, I don't think I ever once thought about the business side. Now we have to. That doesn't mean you have to subvert your values as a journalist. But one of the things when I deal with students and with this Scripps Innovation Challenge competition, we require them to have a business element to their presentation," Alexander says. While newspaper revenue is on the decline, Alexander notes it is still a $36 billion dollar industry. And the problems legacy media outlets are running into — declining subscriptions, lower ad revenue, lack of a 6 p.m. audience — all stem from the changing manner in which media is accessed. Read a transcript of our interview with Andy Alexander. To explain to his friends why teenagers aren't interested in the Sunday paper, Alexander uses this scenario: "I tell them to envision a teenager. Let's say Johnny, who is 14, who has never seen a newspaper in the household. All he's done is he's gotten his information and on mobile and try to explain to little Johnny that we're going to be have a newspaper coming in. And you'd have to explain these big sheets of paper that doesn't have any video, may not even have all color pictures. The news will be sometimes eight or nine hours old. The way we're going to print it is that we're going to cut down forests and mash up the trees. That we have these things called presses that cost about $150 million. And then what we'll do is we'll hire these people to come around before dawn and throw it on your lawn and if it rains, we'll put a bag over it. It's inconceivable. It's so stupid when you think of it in digital context." He says there is not only a disconnect when it comes to how millenials ingest media compared with baby boomers, but also in their perspective of the industry as a whole. "In my first 20 years in journalism, I don’t think I ever once thought about the business side. Now we have to." "People who I worked with at Cox or with at the Washington Post and, by and large, they are very depressed about the future of journalism. Then I go to Ohio University and these kids are so jazzed, correctly, enthusiastic about the future of journalism. They see six or seven different ways to tell a story ... What I worry about is that they get the proper grounding in the basics of journalism," Alexander says. Young journalists have to be ready to be innovative, to formulate ideas and rethink what's outside the box, Alexander says. "Talking to news organizations and media companies that are hiring, they not only want young people to have the basics, the journalistic grounding, they want people who think innovatively and think entrepeneurally. And again, they're not asking them to develop something and make it work in a financial sense, Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 46:24 ‘Connecting dots in the dark:’ LinkedIn expert shares his tricks for reporters http://itsalljournalism.com/connecting-dots-in-the-dark-linkedin-expert-shares-his-tricks-for-reporters/ http://itsalljournalism.com/connecting-dots-in-the-dark-linkedin-expert-shares-his-tricks-for-reporters/#comments Sat, 25 May 2013 12:32:34 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=1838 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/connecting-dots-in-the-dark-linkedin-expert-shares-his-tricks-for-reporters/feed/ 0 LinkedIn,Mark Amtower,marketing,social media By Megan Cloherty - WASHINGTON - "Connecting dots in the dark," is how marketing aficionado Mark Amtower uses to explain how LinkedIn has changed the professional landscape as far as networking and connecting with sources. - By Megan Cloherty WASHINGTON - "Connecting dots in the dark," is how marketing aficionado Mark Amtower uses to explain how LinkedIn has changed the professional landscape as far as networking and connecting with sources. Amtower was invited to join the fledgling social media platform in 2004 soon after it launched. He says while he's enjoyed learning how to maximize its potential, the strongest aspect about the social networking site isn't in its numbers, but in its groups. "There's about 1.7 million groups on LinkedIn. These are self-identifed communities of people who share various interests," Amtower says. He explains how to search out individuals within a company to find contacts. Read a transcript of our interview with Mark Amtower. "Through LinkedIn, you can look up the company, and, if the company has a profile, it will tell you how many employees of the company are there, whether they're first, second or other degree to you. If they're first or second, you can puruse them. The first degree connections, obviously, you know or you kind of know. The second degrees, there's usually a lot more of those, but you're able to look at them. So, you're able to find the kinds of people you want," Amtower says. When it comes to building profile, as a reporter, Amtower says to think about how you want to use it. Is it a profile to find another job or is it a means of making contacts? If it's the latter, he suggests posting relevant information about your background to essentially "sell" yourself to the contact. “For reporters, if you really want to leverage LinkedIn, your profile has to be pretty informationally robust about who you are, what you’ve done, where you’ve been." "For reporters, if you really want to leverage LinkedIn, your profile has to be pretty informationally robust about who you are, what you've done, where you've been. And when you reach out to people, they'll understand the value you could bring to them by talking to them," he says. Amtower says integrating yourself into groups is an important step that will forge online connections. He suggests sharing articles or blog posts on group discussion pages. "I post them in groups, but what it does is not simply raise my visibility, but if the articles are truly germane to the group, it raises my credibility. The same thing for journalists. If you're an unemployed journalist and looking for a job and you have a blog, post news very germane to specific groups and then include your blog posts among that. And you're raising your visibility to other media people as a result. So, if there's an opening there, the likelihood is that they already know who you are," Amtower says. Amtower's expertise is in government contracting, and his 5,000 connections are largely in that industry. He hosts a show called "Amtower Off-Center" on Federal News Radio and can be contacted @amtower on Twitter and at /markamtower on LinkedIn. Read a transcript of our interview with Mark Amtower. Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 22:48 Journalism abroad: Grad student gains first-hand perspective on South African media http://itsalljournalism.com/journalism-abroad-grad-student-gains-first-hand-perspective-on-south-african-media/ http://itsalljournalism.com/journalism-abroad-grad-student-gains-first-hand-perspective-on-south-african-media/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 14:48:32 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=1808 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/journalism-abroad-grad-student-gains-first-hand-perspective-on-south-african-media/feed/ 0 Anton Harbor,Business Day,journalism in South Africa,Julia O'Donogue,Mail and Guardian,Oscar Pistorius,South Africa By Megan Cloherty - WASHINGTON - Practicing the tenets of free press in a newly free country was a whole different experience for a young journalist and previous guest of It's All Journalism. Julia O'Donoghue joined us a few months ago on the podcast... By Megan Cloherty WASHINGTON - Practicing the tenets of free press in a newly free country was a whole different experience for a young journalist and previous guest of It's All Journalism. Julia O'Donoghue joined us a few months ago on the podcast as a guest producer and has just completed a trip to Johannesburg, South Africa working for Business Day. O'Donoghue is a graduate of Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism and a participant in the school's global scholar program. She says one of the first things that struck her about the difference in reporting in that country is how its political history altered the perspective. "South Africa's only been a democracy for 19 years," she said. "It's really only had a free press since 1990. Before that, it was heavily censored. The Apartheid government didn't let the press report on a lot of things ... . So, I was pretty impressed with how professional and how much like the American media that was." Read a transcript of our interview with Julia O'Donoghue. The biggest story to break while she was in country was the domestic violence case involving Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius. O'Donoghue says the aftermath of the case generated interesting discussion both in the media on the air and in the newsroom. "On things like drive-time radio. They were saying things like, 'How do we relate to each other better as men and women?' There were pretty serious discussions around that front, which was interesting because, I think, sometimes that situation of violence against women in South Africa doesn't necessarily get talked about if it's the whole community. Sometimes it's relegated to a issue in the black community," O'Donoghue said."It's really only had a free press since 1990. Before that, it was heavily censored." While there, she interviewed another journalist to better understand the country and it's approach to free speech. O'Donoghue interviewed Anton Harber, the founder of the journalism program at the University of Witwatersrand. Harbor is also the editor and founder of the Mail & Guardian newspaper. "It was an anti-Apartheid newspaper under Apartheid. It got shut down a couple of times. It was sort of — he called it "alternative press." It's not quite like our alternative press, but it was operating in a way that was angering the powers that be," O'Donoghue said. Our podcast includes O'Donoghue's interview Harber, in which he talks about the difficult transition his country endured over the past two decades as it tried to establish a free and open press. Read a transcript of our interview with Julia O'Donoghue. Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 59:57 FOIA advocate Rick Blum tells journalists to be patient but persistent in seeking government records http://itsalljournalism.com/foia-advocate-rick-blum-tells-journalists-to-be-patient-but-persistent-in-seeking-government-records/ http://itsalljournalism.com/foia-advocate-rick-blum-tells-journalists-to-be-patient-but-persistent-in-seeking-government-records/#comments Sat, 11 May 2013 12:02:10 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=1767 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/foia-advocate-rick-blum-tells-journalists-to-be-patient-but-persistent-in-seeking-government-records/feed/ 0 FOIA,Freedom of Information Act,open government,Rick Blum,Sunshine in Government Initiative,transparency By Megan Cloherty - WASHINGTON - Rick Blum works as an advocate for journalists who may unfairly hear the word 'no' from a government agency. As coordinator of the Sunshine in Government Initiative, he champions the rights for transparency and open g... By Megan Cloherty WASHINGTON - Rick Blum works as an advocate for journalists who may unfairly hear the word 'no' from a government agency. As coordinator of the Sunshine in Government Initiative, he champions the rights for transparency and open government provided by Freedom of Information Act. While FOIA gives journalists the right request the release of government records, Blum says that process can often take time, especially at the federal level. "It's not going to force something to happen next week," he said. "But, if you're on deadline and you're expecting to file a FOIA request with an agency, it's going to be tough. I have to tell you. You've got to think ahead." In fact, the quicker route for a journalist may be going to his or her sources to track down the information. But, when all the usual avenues are exhausted, the reporter can easily fill out a FOIA request. Read a transcript of our interview with Rick Blum. "If you can be as specific as possible, you're much more likely to get a response faster," Blum said. "If you're really fighting and you want to see all memos related to how a decision was made to declare a chemical safe, even though you've got residents, readers who are concerned about their drinking water or something like that, that might take a little longer and you might want to ask for a broader set of records. So, really try to figure out what you really need." While a request might be filed, Blum suggested following up with the agency and staying on top of the status of the request. "Say, 'Here's what I'm really looking for. I really want to get just how much money was spent. And so, I'm asking for all the memos about spending, but I'm really trying to get just the accounting. That's at the heart of what I'm trying to figure out,'" Blum said. The more specific reporters are, normally the faster the requests are met. FOIA Resources FOIA.gov FOIAonline Office of Government Information Services Sunshine in Government Initiative The Sunshine in Government Initiative is an umbrella group made up of the Associated Press, the American Society of News Editors, The Association of Alternative Newsmedia, the National Newspaper Association, the Newspaper Association of America, the Online News Association, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the Society of Professional Journalists. According to Blum, the challenge for those organizations and other open government advocates is to adapt emerging technology to the open government movement. "I think it's really trying to get all this wonderful things that going on with technology and to get them embedded in the FOIA world," he said. "And to get people to care a bit more about this bedrock guarantee law that we've had on the books for decades now and to try to really invest and to make that public right of access to government records real in terms of making the law work faster, more effectively, more efficiently. Harnessing that technology and then also getting this commitment to do it." Read a transcript of our interview with Rick Blum. Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 38:57 Podcast Preview: Rick Blum on the Freedom of Information Act http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-preview-rick-blum-on-the-freedom-of-information-act/ http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-preview-rick-blum-on-the-freedom-of-information-act/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 16:10:03 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=1759 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-preview-rick-blum-on-the-freedom-of-information-act/feed/ 0 FOIA,Freedom of Information Act,openness,preview,Rick Blum,Sunshine in Government Initiative,transparency Rick Blum, coordinator of the Sunshine in Government Initiative, talks about how journalists can best use the Freedom of Information Act to better inform their stories. - It's All Journalism is a weekly podcast focused on the changing state of the med... Rick Blum, coordinator of the Sunshine in Government Initiative, talks about how journalists can best use the Freedom of Information Act to better inform their stories. It's All Journalism is a weekly podcast focused on the changing state of the media. New episodes are posted every Saturday. Follow It's All Journalism on Twitter and on Facebook. Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 1:55 Washington Post’s Kat Downs talks graphics reporting, breaking news visually http://itsalljournalism.com/washington-posts-kat-downs-talks-graphics-reporting-breaking-news-visually/ http://itsalljournalism.com/washington-posts-kat-downs-talks-graphics-reporting-breaking-news-visually/#comments Sat, 04 May 2013 14:46:26 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=1719 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/washington-post-graphics-director-kat-downs-opens-her-portfolio/feed/ 1 design,graphics,Kat Downs,multimedia,portfolio,resume,Washington Post After we wrapped up our interview with The Washington Post's Graphics Director Kat Downs, we realized that we forgot to ask her about her online portfolio, which we think is kind of neat. So, we turned the mics back on and conducted this brief interview. After we wrapped up our interview with The Washington Post's Graphics Director Kat Downs, we realized that we forgot to ask her about her online portfolio, which we think is kind of neat. So, we turned the mics back on and conducted this brief interview. Rather than adding the interview to our full podcast, we decided to offer it as a bonus feature to our listeners. Check back on Saturday, May 4, 2013, for our full interview with Kat, when she talks about multimedia design, visual storytelling and how the graphics team contributed to the Post's coverage of the Boston bombings. Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 6:27 Tiffany Shackelford: Journalism flourishes in an alternative space http://itsalljournalism.com/tiffany-shackelford-journalism-flourishes-in-an-alternative-space/ http://itsalljournalism.com/tiffany-shackelford-journalism-flourishes-in-an-alternative-space/#comments Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:32:26 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=1659 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/tiffany-shackelford-journalism-flourishes-in-an-alternative-space/feed/ 0 alt press,alt weeklies,Association of Alternative Newsmedia,digital,entertainment,Google,local news,music,Tiffany Shackelford With all the discussion about how dire things seem in the mainstream press, it's nice to hear about one corner of journalism that is flourishing in the new digital environment — namely the alternative weeklies and websites covering local news, With all the discussion about how dire things seem in the mainstream press, it's nice to hear about one corner of journalism that is flourishing in the new digital environment — namely the alternative weeklies and websites covering local news, music and entertainment. "We actually in some ways have skipped over some of the mess that the mainstream media made of themselves in the digital space, which has been so awesome," said Tiffany Shackelford, executive director of the Association for Alternative Newsmedia. "And, we're going mobile first, digital first, thinking about smart partnerships with startups. So we are there now but maybe came, as my father said, "went around our ass to get to our elbow." Read a transcript of our interview with Tiffany Shackelford. She talked candidly to It's All Journalism producers Megan Cloherty and Michael O'Connell about some of the challenges alternative newsmedia is facing but also about its many successes. "What I've been saying a lot is 'smart' is the new alternative. We're writing long form, but it's still popular," Shackelford said. "Kids love it, believe it or not. And we're writing really smart pieces that speak truth to power." Finding an audience, the audience finds you Growing out of the radical movement of the 1960s, the alternative press is just that — an alternative voice for those not being served by mainstream media. "I'm a Gen-Xer and so I grew up reading the local alts," Shackelford said. "I was kind of an artsy kid and was like, 'I found my people, thank God.' It was sort of that moment. I think we clearly know who the Gen-X reader is. It's someone who's interested in local but also arts and culture. Wants to be hip, even though they're probably raising kids and are most definitely are not [kids] anymore, but they remember what it was like." This "one of us" attitude gives a perspective to this type of journalism, but it doesn't limit either. Local alternative weeklies are succeeding where larger, more traditional newspapers are struggling. Shackelford points to AAN member Boise Weekly as an example of an alternative using a digital approach to take on the establishment. "We actually in some ways have skipped over some of the mess that the mainstream media made of themselves in the digital space, which has been so awesome." "The daily in the Boise market, I mean, was just withering away," she said. "They're running a lot of AP copy. … So, [Boise Weekly] publisher Sally Freeman sees this and she says, 'All right, we're going to transform ourselves from just an alt-weekly to a multimedia company. We're going to do breaking local news. … We're going to do breaking, local news. I want everybody out with an iPhone. If you see something interesting, you're going to do video on that, you're going to do pictures on that.'" Another success story is the Charleston (S.C.) City Paper, for the way it promotes content around the local Spoleto festival and experiments with new digital advertising models. "They are rocking it," Shackelford said. "For instance, if you get their mobile app, and you access their paper from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. on a weekend night, you get an ad for a strip club. Because … there's a good chance that might be something that you might want. But the rest of the time it's for restaurants." Digital has opened doors for the alternative press and perhaps it can do the same for traditional media as well. But waiting for the mainstream to catch on isn't Shackelford's concern. "I have a piece of art on my wall in my office that says, 'Change takes time. Be patient.' And I have to often remember that," she said. "That it is onboarding people onto new technology, getting training, getting people ready to go, but also teaching them how, if something's not working, what can we do to get you out of that really fast." Read a transcript of our interview with Tiffany Shackelford. Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 55:27 Time to Do-It-Yourself: Publishing, podcasting and comics http://itsalljournalism.com/time-to-do-it-yourself-publishing-podcasting-and-comics/ http://itsalljournalism.com/time-to-do-it-yourself-publishing-podcasting-and-comics/#comments Sat, 20 Apr 2013 10:01:27 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=1608 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/time-to-do-it-yourself-publishing-podcasting-and-comics/feed/ 1 Carolyn Belefski,Comics,Curls,DC Conspiracy,District Comics,DIY,Joe Carabeo,Magic Bullet Comics,Matt Dembecki,NRA,podcasting,self publishing By Michael O'Connell Anybody who was surprised about the upheaval in newspaper publishing just wasn’t paying attention. - As entrepreneurial journalists create new ventures to bring their work to wider audiences — both online and in print — their pe... By Michael O'Connell Anybody who was surprised about the upheaval in newspaper publishing just wasn’t paying attention. As entrepreneurial journalists create new ventures to bring their work to wider audiences — both online and in print — their pen and brush colleagues are doing the same. Take Magic Bullet Comics, for example, a self-published newspaper highlighting the work of artists and writers living in the Washington, D.C., area. “Initially, the project was to just kind of showcase our work,” said cartoonist Matt Dembecki. “You know, we liked the paper format.” In 2005, he and a group of artists formed the DC Conspiracy, to find new outlets for their comics. Soon after, they launched Magic Bullet, a tabloid-sized newspaper filled with original artwork and writing. “We just felt like maybe that was our in since newspapers were kind of going out of print, out of style,” Dembecki said. “This kind of left us with an opportunity to showcase our comics in a bigger format too. It appealed to a lot of folks in the group that instead of having mini-comics where you draw fairly large and you have to reduce it, here you can kind of play with a larger format and try different things.” Magic Bullet’s sixth issue hit the streets in February with a four-color cover and centerfold. This was no vanity project, either. The creators sold advertising to pay for the 5,000 copy print run and distributed copies to retail outlets around the region. Copies are available online from the DC Conspiracy store. Read a transcript of our interview with Matt Dembecki, Carolyn Belefski and Joe Carabeo. “We do have a large support from the community and from other artists, and it's interesting to see that grow and like have people throw money at us to say, ‘Hey, I want to have my ad in here and also I want to see this paper printed,’” said Carolyn Belefski, who edited issue six. Each artist or group of artists contributed a page-long strip. Belefski and her husband Joe Carabeo contributed their original strip “Black Magic.” "It's just a commentary on life," said Carabeo. "But it is about technology, just how far is it going to take and how much are we going to lose touch with the whole, entire world." For his inspiration, Dembecki turned to the school shootings in Newtown, Conn. “I guess when we started working on this particular issue, that was a hot thing in December, and I think it affected a lot of people,” he said. “So, I kind of wanted to do something, but I didn't want to do something that was too heavy handed. So, the style I used was kind of playful.” In the grand tradition of editorial cartooning, Dembecki juxtaposed two contrasting elements, text from a National Rifle Association press conference and Lego toy figures. The result is an ironic take on the national gun debate. “I kind of thought that I delivered a good message and ... let it kind of speak for itself,” he said. While most people stuck in the shifting tide of publishing are saying “Go digital,” the Magic Bullet team’s decision to print their work in newsprint seems oddly retro. They’re not completely averse to the digital realm. The team uses social media and a website to promote Magic Bullet. Belefski draws the online comic strip Curls. She and Carabeo also record the weekly podcast The Carolyn and Joe Show. But having an ad-supported, print product for people to discover delivers a different experience for readers stuck in the digital mindset. “We can have our ‘rag’ out there everywhere, our ‘fish wrap’ out there everywhere,” Belefski said. “And people that are unsuspecting can pick it up and read it. And I feel like that's a cool discovery.” In our podcast, Carolyn Belefski, Joe Carabeo and Matt Dembecki talk to It's All Journalism Producer Michael O'Connell about self-publishing, podcasting, paper vs. digital and the future of comics and comic books. Dembecki also talks about District Comics, Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 53:11 Everybody Eats — Jason Huffman and Amber Healy cover the $4.6T food industry http://itsalljournalism.com/everybody-eats-jason-huffman-and-amber-healy-cover-the-4-6t-food-industry/ http://itsalljournalism.com/everybody-eats-jason-huffman-and-amber-healy-cover-the-4-6t-food-industry/#comments Sat, 13 Apr 2013 16:41:18 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=1567 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/everybody-eats-jason-huffman-and-amber-healy-cover-the-4-6t-food-industry/feed/ 0 Amber Healy,business reporting,Food Chemical News,Jason Huffman,LinkedIn,social media,The Connection Newspapers,The Knife and Fork Show,trade publications,YouTube By Michael O'Connell - There’s a famous children’s book called “Everybody Poops.” If that title is true, then the inverse is also true — “Everybody Eats.” - The business of what people eat is a $4.6 trillion industry — the largest in the world. - By Michael O'Connell There’s a famous children’s book called “Everybody Poops.” If that title is true, then the inverse is also true — “Everybody Eats.” The business of what people eat is a $4.6 trillion industry — the largest in the world. Where there’s a topic of interest, especially one that involves every person on the planet, there will be journalists to cover it — from restaurant critics and cookbook reviewers to publications that focus on food production and regulations. For almost 55 years, Food Chemical News has been providing detailed information about food regulations to an industry audience, via its print newsletter and website. “Our audience is a fairly mixed bag of different types of professionals,” said Jason Huffman, editor-in-chief at Food Chemical News. “A lot of our readers are in the food industry, food company executives. We also have government officials who read our publication and consumer advocates, attorneys, consultants who serve the food industry. Some of them sue the food industry as well. It's anybody who's concerned with food regulation and that's a large number of people.” Read a transcript of our interview with Jason Huffman and Amber Healy. Unlike other industry publications, Food Chemical News isn’t financed by advertising. It operates on a subscription model. That means it has to provide content for which its readers are willing to pay thousands of dollars a year to get. “We have to deliver a high level, down in the weeds type of content and we do that by really getting to understand the regulations and then getting into the sort of nuances of the regulations,” Huffman said. “What does it mean? We've got to be kind of inside the Beltway. What's happening before it actually gets to the Federal Register. What's being worked on. And then there are all these things that happen in and around Washington that don't necessarily make it into the Federal Register and we have to be on top of all that.” Paywalls before anybody was talking about paywalls While The New York Times and The Washington Post struggle with how to make a paywall work, subscriber-based publications like Food Chemical News have been making that model work for years. “We're struggling just like everybody else. But I don't think the advertising based world's doing that much better." — Jason Huffman Times for the subscription-funded publications, though, haven’t been all that rosy lately. “We haven't had great years recently,” Huffman said. “I got into this back in the '90s on a couple of other beats, and hey, times were good, when this model was kind of fresh and new. But we're struggling just like everybody else. But I don't think the advertising based world's doing that much better.” Beyond the business end of things, trade publications present challenges for new journalists and seasoned reporters coming from broader based news outlets. “Transitioning to government writing, where you're dealing with people who are fully invested in what you are writing about, whether it's regulation or policy or new testing methods for pathogens, it's a whole different world,” said reporter/editor Amber Healy. Before coming to Food Chemical News, Healy was a community reporter at The Connection Newspapers in Northern Virginia. “It was a little challenging at first to get rid of my newspaper feature voice, to transition into more of a business voice,” she said. “It's a whole different language. It's a whole different world. It's a whole different list of acronyms that makes sense to nobody unless you're in that world. But I think in some ways it helped too, because I understand how to break down the science of something to make it easier for people to understand if they're interested, but they might not know it as well.” Facing your fears, finding your voice as a business writer The biggest anxiety for journalists coming into industry-based writing for the first time, Huffman said, Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 37:35 Be jealous of AJ Chavar or at least take some of his video producing tips http://itsalljournalism.com/be-jealous-of-aj-chavar-or-at-least-take-some-of-his-video-producing-tips/ http://itsalljournalism.com/be-jealous-of-aj-chavar-or-at-least-take-some-of-his-video-producing-tips/#comments Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:44:01 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=1507 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/be-jealous-of-aj-chavar-or-at-least-take-some-of-his-video-producing-tips/feed/ 2 AJ Chavar,editing,multimedia,photography,photojournalism,social media,video,Washington Post By Megan Cloherty - WASHINGTON - It's a unique thing in journalism that you find a job on the cutting edge of transition, where your work — in it's original form — is considered special and your job is not in jeopardy. Now, By Megan Cloherty WASHINGTON - It's a unique thing in journalism that you find a job on the cutting edge of transition, where your work — in it's original form — is considered special and your job is not in jeopardy. Now, finding that job is a reality for many journalists in Web design, analytics, video and in multimedia roles. But finding that gig at a traditional news organization? Seems like too rosy a picture. It's in this glossy pink world of opportunity that we find AJ Chavar. While I'm writing a little more visually than usual, I do not mean to be trite. Chavar is in an enviable position at The Washington Post as a video journalist. And he earns the secure foothold he has there. We'll include some of his work later in this post. I was curious, as a journalist with TV news background, why he got into doing video at a newspaper versus seeking out a visual-first employer, like a documentary house or TV news station. He told me, my thinking was backwards — that unlike broadcast news outlets, newspapers are willing to take more latitude with their video content. Read a transcript of our interview with AJ Chavar. "When it comes to sort of beautiful documentary stories, you don't see a lot of that in mainstream broadcast. That's what I wanted to do. And, newspapers, sort of know that they can't compete with broadcast stations when it comes to the things that they're really good at. So, at newspapers, you're able to work on in-depth, local stories and enterprise stories and you're able to do things that are a little more beautiful and a little more poetic on occasion than I've seen people allowed to do or have the opportunity to do in broadcast," Chavar said. “I think what makes a good newspaper video story is one that people are moved to share." Video journalists at the Post work on their own, with reporters and with the newsroom on larger in-depth stories. Chavar says unlike a TV news piece that is relatively hard to find online even a few days after it airs, videos on the Post's site stand alone. "I think what makes a good newspaper video story is one that people are moved to share. And I was thinking of that, and I try and think of that when I do my videos now, what is a way that I can tell this story or edit this or what is just something I can put together that is visually appealing, but also goes a little deeper than that that people are just going to be motivated to want to share with people and do that," Chavar said. However, Chavar will not deny while he has more creative license, it's harder to make his work a viewer's habit. "I really think that you need to sort of get your audience motivated to come back to your website, because it's not like the TV, which is always there in your house and you can always flip it on and watch the news. People need to make the decision to go to your website," he says. The Post just opened up a number of positions in an effort to launch a politics outlet, hiring exclusively visual producers and editors to come to work at a newspaper building. Not only does the newspaper produce videos like Chavar's but it puts out 59 seconds, a daily anchored wrap of the headlines, interviews with local sports figures and policy makers and other "shows," for lack of a better term, that have debuted in the last year. Tackling social media with a visual perspective During our podcast, Chavar talked about the importance of staying on top of social media, especially from a video perspective. For example, he uses Instagram to tease his upcoming videos. Chavar also offered tips on how to take ho-hum video skills up a notch. He suggests shooting multiple shots to create a sequence for each "moment" you want in a video. And plan ahead. "The more pre-planning you do, the less work that you have to do when you get to editing, which is the hard part." "Even if it's just 10 minutes of me sitting and making a mental list and not writing anything down, Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 43:15 Pop Up Archive aims to add search, transcription to audio files http://itsalljournalism.com/pop-up-archive-aims-to-add-search-transcription-to-audio-files/ http://itsalljournalism.com/pop-up-archive-aims-to-add-search-transcription-to-audio-files/#comments Sat, 30 Mar 2013 18:17:37 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=1469 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/pop-up-archive-aims-to-add-search-transcription-to-audio-files/feed/ 0 API,archives,audio,data,Pop Up Archive,search,The Kitchen Sisters By Michael O'Connell - Most journalists have experienced a variation of the “obituary scenario” at one time or another. - You’re a radio station producer covering the death of a local politician, and you remember interviewing the deceased two years b... By Michael O'Connell Most journalists have experienced a variation of the “obituary scenario” at one time or another. You’re a radio station producer covering the death of a local politician, and you remember interviewing the deceased two years before. He was funny. He was engaging. It would be the perfect audio to accompany the obituary you are writing. But where is the file? “There's a radio station in New Hampshire that we talked to, but it could really be anywhere cause it's a classic scenario, the obituary scenario,” said Anne Wootton. “And they knew that they had the audio of a particular senator sitting in the station somewhere, but because of the staff turnover that they've had, they lacked that institutional memory. They lacked that path back to that audio and had no way of searching for it.” Wootton and Bailey Smith believe they have come up with a practical solution to the “obituary scenario.” “Pop Up Archive is a Web application that makes audio searchable, leveraging technology for automated transcription and entity extraction and, as a result, making that audio accessible to many more people than ever before,” said Wootton, who met Smith when they were graduate students at the University of California at Berkeley’s Information School. “Anyone using Pop Up Archive has the option of adding one or multiple audio files and organizing those files in sort of buckets or collections through which they can track certain projects,” Wootton said. “But whether or not they choose to organize, there is metadata that's already automatically created and that's what really makes the audio searchable. And that does include the transcriptions.” Read a transcript of our interview with Anne Wootton & Bailey Smith of Pop Up Archive. Pop Up Archive started as the pair’s final thesis project, which was inspired by a chance meeting with Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva of National Public Radio’s The Kitchen Sisters. “Anne met up with The Kitchen Sisters at, I think, some event, a party maybe,” Smith said. “And got to talking with them and she said, ‘Well, I'm interested in digital archiving.’ And they said, ‘Oh, that's wonderful. We have all this material, and we're losing it and we'd love it if you can come on board and try to help us build something out of,’ what they call, ‘their accidental archive,’ which is a really charming way to describe the material they've gathered over a 30-year relationship of creating audio for radio.” As Wootton and Smith pursued a grant for digitization, they realized many radio producers were in the same boat as The Kitchen Sisters. "The sky's the limit when it comes to just how much you want to track all your audio." “There are archival systems out there, but they are cumbersome, I think, for a small shop to get into place and start using,” Smith said. “We wanted to help them find a way to make that process easier, and sort of came to the realization that there wasn't anything out there that was really built for them and that we could step in and make that happen.” The eventual solution they developed, Pop Up Archive, would not only make audio searchable, but it would also help producers better organize their audio. “The sky's the limit when it comes to just how much you want to track all your audio, but the problem is that most people don't have the time to put that type of effort in themselves,” Wootton said. “And so, automating the process makes audio, which otherwise is just kind of as opaque as the filenames and however many nested folders you may have on your desktop [discoverable in ways it never used to be]. We're trying to break that mold.” Read a transcript of our interview with Anne Wootton & Bailey Smith of Pop Up Archive. Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 25:34 Multimedia expert Rob Roberts: Practicing a journalism mind-set at a government agency http://itsalljournalism.com/multimedia-expert-rob-roberts-practicing-a-journalism-mind-set-at-a-government-agency/ http://itsalljournalism.com/multimedia-expert-rob-roberts-practicing-a-journalism-mind-set-at-a-government-agency/#comments Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:00:04 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=1439
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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/nina-l-diamond-finds-her-home-on-twitter/feed/ 0 breaking news,Nina Diamond,Poynter,Poynter.org,social media,Twitter By Michael O'Connell - Nina L. Diamond has been a freelance journalist and humorist for more than 30 years, which meant that she never really had an office. That all changed with Twitter. - "I've worked on assignments for many newspapers and magazines, By Michael O'Connell Nina L. Diamond has been a freelance journalist and humorist for more than 30 years, which meant that she never really had an office. That all changed with Twitter. "I've worked on assignments for many newspapers and magazines," Diamond told It's All Journalism Producer Michael O'Connell. "I've been a regular contributor to many of them. But my office primarily has been at home. And when I joined Twitter, I came to realize instantly that Twitter was now my office. And there have been countless 'a-ha moments' that reinforce the important news value of Twitter in the 2 1/2 years that I've been on." Diamond's work has appeared in The Los Angeles Times Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, The Miami Herald, Omni and the Sunday magazine of The South Florida Sun-Sentinel. She was also a writer and performer on NPR's Pandemonium. “Lists are the most important tool that Twitter offers to keep organized." Recognizing the importance of Twitter as a news-delivery platform, Diamond has become its master, using lists to organize the feeds of thousands of journalists and news outlets. “Lists are the most important tool that Twitter offers to keep organized,” Diamond said. Twitter allows users to create 20 different lists with up to 500 entries on each. So, for example, if you wanted to create a list about hurricanes, you can start one under the heading of “Science and Weather” with all of the reporters and sources that specialize in those topics. Then, when an event occurs, such as Hurricane Sandy, you can open that list and see a unique feed of tweets on that topic. “It's a secondary way to be able to follow people as well,” Diamond said. “It really functions like a live, interactive Rolodex. It's a place to put people for whatever reason you want to have on your list. Some of them you're following all the time. Some you're not. Some you might dip in and out.” What makes an effective Twitter user? Because of her expertise and enthusiasm for the platform, Diamond is often asked what makes someone an effective Twitter user. “For me, I feel that the most effective use of Twitter is to be yourself, is to not approach it in a sterile way like some people do." “For me, I feel that the most effective use of Twitter is to be yourself, is to not approach it in a sterile way like some people do, where it's totally devoid of feeling and personality,” she said. “I think what makes effective tweeting is the same thing that makes any form of communication effective.” Diamond has a lifetime’s experience in communicating effectively. “I joke all the time that I started talking when I was 9 months old, which is true, and I haven't shut up since,” she said. “So, I'm a good communicator. It comes naturally to me. I was born this way. I think it's something that maybe is inherent in people. They have the gift for gab. Those of us who write, we have a talent for communicating, and then it really becomes about polishing those skills, becoming better at it.” Read a transcript of our interview with Nina L. Diamond. At the same time journalists are sharing news stories on Twitter, many are also using it as a means of tracking down sources or pitching stories to editors. “As a journalist, I'm constantly networking through Twitter,” Diamond said. “Almost every person I've interviewed in the 2 1/2 years, that has been initiated first through contact on Twitter. Interviews for stories that I had sold to publications, I have made my first contact with them through Twitter. So, it's a way of networking with people.” For more on Twitter lists, read Nina Diamond’s “8 tips for using Twitter lists" at Poynter.org Long view of journalism’s future When talking about the future of journalism and the future of print journalism in particular, Diamond points to the era in which she was born — the 1950s — and the debates then about the rise of television and how it signaled the death of radio and film. Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 30:21 Tom Jackman – The Washington Post’s eyes on Northern Virginia http://itsalljournalism.com/tom-jackman-the-washington-posts-eyes-on-northern-virginia/ http://itsalljournalism.com/tom-jackman-the-washington-posts-eyes-on-northern-virginia/#comments Sat, 09 Mar 2013 13:23:44 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=1391 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/tom-jackman-the-washington-posts-eyes-on-northern-virginia/feed/ 1 Alexandria,Arlington,community,Fairfax,local,Loudoun,Prince William,Tom Jackman,Washington Post By Michael O'Connell - Tom Jackman, the founder and driving force behind The Washington Post blog, The State of NoVa, admits that community journalism is not rocket science. - “It is simply going out with a pen and paper and asking people what's happ... By Michael O'Connell Tom Jackman, the founder and driving force behind The Washington Post blog, The State of NoVa, admits that community journalism is not rocket science. “It is simply going out with a pen and paper and asking people what's happening? Why? How? Who? What? Where?,” he said. “It's really easy and it does involve, you know, getting out from behind your desk and going out and seeing people and finding out information.” But, he will also admit that just because being a community journalist is not complicated doesn’t mean that it’s not a rewarding or important job. “Call me crazy, but I think people should and need to know about the news where they live,” he said. Jackman launched The State of NoVA in 2011 to cover the news in the Virginia suburbs immediately outside of Washington, D.C. — the City of Alexandria and Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties. “Call me crazy, but I think people should and need to know about the news where they live." “I've been based in Fairfax County for 14 years for the Post, covering cops and courts and various other stuff, big stories, little stories,” he said. “And I grew up in Fairfax County and I know a lot of people who are actually from there. I think the target audience really is the people that are from Northern Virginia.” Recent stories by Jackman have focused on drinking water in Fairfax and a new baseball stadium in Loudoun. These types of stories may only affect people in those particular communities, but they have a huge impact on those readers. Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 39:56 Photojournalist Bethany Swain shares tricks and tips for visual storytelling http://itsalljournalism.com/photojournalist-bethany-swain-on-tricks-and-tips-for-visual-storytelling/ http://itsalljournalism.com/photojournalist-bethany-swain-on-tricks-and-tips-for-visual-storytelling/#comments Sat, 02 Mar 2013 17:11:46 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=1349 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/photojournalist-bethany-swain-on-tricks-and-tips-for-visual-storytelling/feed/ 4 Afghanistan,Bethany Swain,CNN,photography,photojournalism,University of Maryland,visual storytelling By Megan Cloherty - WASHINGTON – Bethany Swain found her love of photography when she realized at a young age taking someone's photo would make them smile. Now, she is one of the most highly acclaimed photojournalists in the industry. By Megan Cloherty WASHINGTON – Bethany Swain found her love of photography when she realized at a young age taking someone's photo would make them smile. Now, she is one of the most highly acclaimed photojournalists in the industry. After recently l... Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 50:44 Poynter’s Mallary Jean Tenore reports on challenges facing young journalists http://itsalljournalism.com/poynters-mallary-jean-tenore-reports-on-challenges-facing-young-journalists/ http://itsalljournalism.com/poynters-mallary-jean-tenore-reports-on-challenges-facing-young-journalists/#comments Sun, 24 Feb 2013 16:10:38 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=1308 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/poynters-mallary-jean-tenore-reports-on-challenges-facing-young-journalists/feed/ 0 best practices,crowdsourcing,Facebook,Mallary Tenore,Poynter,social media,Twitter By Michael O'Connell - The journalism industry continues to redefine itself following the arrival of the Internet. Advertising has dried up, major newspapers have folded for good and many experienced journalists are out of work. - By Michael O'Connell The journalism industry continues to redefine itself following the arrival of the Internet. Advertising has dried up, major newspapers have folded for good and many experienced journalists are out of work. It’s a scary time for long-time editors and reporters trying to adapt. It’s an equally challenging time for young journalists looking to gain a foothold in a newsroom. What jobs are out there? What skills do they need to have to help them succeed? “I think that journalists, young journalists in particular, need to be able to strike a balance between traditional journalistic skills like reporting and editing and mix those with more sort of modern day skills that journalists need." “I think that journalists, young journalists in particular, need to be able to strike a balance between traditional journalistic skills like reporting and editing and mix those with more sort of modern day skills that journalists need,” said Mallary Jean Tenore, managing editor at Poynter.org. “Many of those skills relate to social media and they also relate to programming and thinking about stories in new ways," she said. "So, one of the things to think about is, 'How can you, perhaps, create a new position for yourself? Or create something that hasn't already been created?'" A young journalist herself, Tenore recently wrote an article describing 10 ways for young journalists to make themselves more marketable. "For a long time, I think journalists were in this mindset that they needed to sort of just go back to what they had been doing and think about it in new ways," she said. "But now, when I've been talking with young journalists, I'm realizing that some of them are actually wanting to create new things." Using journalism's new tools to tell a story The inspiration for the story came to Tenore as she prepared a presentation she was going to give at her alma mater, Providence College. “The idea was that I wanted journalists to get a better sense about how they can get a job and how they can put themselves out there,” she said. “And since I was doing all this preparation already for this talk, I figured I might as well write a piece about it and then I can use this piece actually in my presentation.” Tenore assembled a bunch of tips on her own but then decided to employ one of journalism's new reporting tools — crowdsourcing — to solicit more ideas. "Since this wasn't a big scoop and I wasn't afraid that someone else was going to take this story, I said, 'I might as well let Twitter followers know what this story is that I'm working on,' she said. "What I did was I just sent out a question on Twitter and said, 'Writing a piece about ways that young journalists can make themselves more marketable, what advice should I give them?'" Read a transcript of our interview with Mallary Jean Tenore. Dozens of journalists sent in ideas and Tenore used Storify to assemble all of the suggestions for her article and the presentation. "It was a great way to be able to get different voices into my piece and to really use Twitter as a way to advance my reporting," she said. While crowdsourcing and social media are a useful tools, Tenore cautions that just like any source of information, a journalist has to be smart in how he or she uses them. "You don't necessarily want to make it seem as though everything that people are telling you is fact," she said. "I always say that social media is a great starting point. So, it's such a great place to find ideas and potential sources. But you always have to do your followup reporting and rely on your traditional journalism skills to actually verify whether the information you're getting is correct. So, a lot of times, what I use crowdsourcing for is not so much to get factual information, but it's to get people's opinions on something or to get their advice on something, similar to the advice that I got in the piece for young journalists." Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 36:50 Laura Amico turns passion for crime reporting into Homicide Watch D.C. http://itsalljournalism.com/laura-amico-turns-passion-for-crime-reporting-into-homicidewatch-org/ http://itsalljournalism.com/laura-amico-turns-passion-for-crime-reporting-into-homicidewatch-org/#comments Sat, 16 Feb 2013 13:09:01 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=1285 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/laura-amico-turns-passion-for-crime-reporting-into-homicidewatch-org/feed/ 0 crime,D.C.,homicide watch,laura amico,Washington By Megan Cloherty - WASHINGTON - When Laura Amico was assigned the crime beat at her small California newspaper, she joked with her editor it was her dream job. Now, Amico and her husband Chris run one of the most well-executed and highly acclaimed ne... By Megan Cloherty WASHINGTON - When Laura Amico was assigned the crime beat at her small California newspaper, she joked with her editor it was her dream job. Now, Amico and her husband Chris run one of the most well-executed and highly acclaimed news start-ups in the country entirely about homicide. Homicide Watch D.C. started in 2010 when Amico moved to Washington, D.C., after her husband got a job at PBS NewsHour. She said her first month she had 500 visitors. It was small and she wasn't sure what to expect. Over 2 1/2 years, the community response has exploded. She averages 10,000 hits a day, most of her traffic coming from search engines. "I think this speaks to the ways that people in the community are trying to access and interact with information about these crimes is that they're putting names and addresses into Google," Amico said. "So they're saying, 'I know something happened on Fifth Street last night. Or I know something happened to this girl Selina who I went to high school with.' And they're putting that into Google and Google is sending them to Homicide Watch D.C. So that's been really interesting to me." "I think it had to do with so many homicides in the past having to deal with the crack epidemic, and that really not being so much of a problem anymore." In her reporting, Amico found that the homicides reported by the traditional news outlets seemed to be focused on certain areas, and not representative of where the crimes were happening. "I think it had to do with so many homicides in the past having to deal with the crack epidemic, and that really not being so much of a problem anymore," Amico said. "We used to hear from people, 'All of the homicides in D.C. are just drug deals gone bad.' And that's really, really not the case anymore. But that was the assumption that was being used to justify or not justify coverage," she said. Keeping track of hundreds of cases is a challenge, so Amico said she learned early that creating a working database was the only way she'd be able to accomplish her vision for her project. Read a transcript of our interview with Laura Amico. "We always know the status of a case at any given time, and that helps us not have to redo a lot of the work again and again, when six months after the preliminary hearing, we're now in pre-trial motions, we don't have to go back and do a lot of catchup," she said. Using a database not only simplifies her record-keeping but it adds tremendously to the site's navigation. Visitors can search a crime by the victim, suspect, location and even see the crimes in a neighborhood using an interactive map Amico built. Covering a subject so essential to a community and the families living there has connected Amico to her work in a way that she didn't expect. Often, it's through her Web analytics that she first may get a clue of a significant change in traffic around a particular case. "I think that we're moving towards a more audience-centric, empathetic journalism. I hope it's the type that you see on Homicide Watch." "Sometimes, I'll see a spike in one particular story or a victim page or a suspect page. I'll think, 'I haven't had anything new in that case in months. Why this sudden interest?' And I'll dig into it a little bit and see that, 'Oh, perhaps it's the person's birthday or it's the mother's birthday or there's a family reunion,' something like that," she said. As for her role in the future of journalism, Amico told IAJ's Michael O'Connell that she sees it going more in the direction of community, source-driven journalism. "I think that we're moving towards a more audience-centric, empathetic journalism. I hope it's the type that you see on Homicide Watch," she said. Read a transcript of our interview with Laura Amico. Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 33:35 Social media expert Mandy Jenkins explains how to crowdsource breaking news http://itsalljournalism.com/social-media-expert-mandy-jenkins-explains-how-to-crowdsource-breaking-news/ http://itsalljournalism.com/social-media-expert-mandy-jenkins-explains-how-to-crowdsource-breaking-news/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 22:54:40 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=1247 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/social-media-expert-mandy-jenkins-explains-how-to-crowdsource-breaking-news/feed/ 0 Cincinnati Inquirer,community engagement,crowdsourcing,Digital First Media,Discovery Channel,Facebook,Huffington Post,Jim Brady,Mandy Jenkins,social media,Steve Buttry,TBD.com By Michael O'Connell - On Sept. 1, 2010, a lone gunman walked into the Discovery Channel building in Silver Spring, Md. That was the day Mandy Jenkins first realized the true power of social media. - Jenkins, an Ohio native, By Michael O'Connell On Sept. 1, 2010, a lone gunman walked into the Discovery Channel building in Silver Spring, Md. That was the day Mandy Jenkins first realized the true power of social media. Jenkins, an Ohio native, was the social media editor at TBD.com, a local news website launched just a month before by Allbritton Communications and WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C. “I think it was the spouse of someone that worked here at the TV station had called us and said there was a hostage situation happening,” Jenkins told It’s All Journalism podcast producers Megan Cloherty and Michael O’Connell. “We were able to kind of get our heads together really before it was reported that it happened.” While the newsroom mobilized reporters and the TV station sent out its helicopter, Jenkins began opening up Twitter searches on her desktop. "Think about if you're locked in a building because of a gunman. You are not getting any work done. Nobody is working when that happens, so everyone is on Twitter" “I was trying to find people who were either tweeting from inside the building or near the building,” she said. “Try to get an idea of how we could get sources that were already inside of there. ... Just by doing a lot of keyword searches and doing some location based searches around that area, I didn't find anyone inside the building tweeting, but I did find people in the adjacent buildings who were also locked in.” As the hostage situation unfolded, the police SWAT team locked down the area, making it impossible for any reporters to get near the Discovery Building. But, Jenkins was already making connections with sources in the vicinity. “Think about if you're locked in a building because of a gunman,” she said. “You are not getting any work done. Nobody is working when that happens, so everyone is on Twitter. They're taking photos out their office windows. They're tweeting them. I was getting in touch with these people via Twitter to say, ‘Hey, tell me what you're seeing. Can we use your photos?’ And when they gave us permission, we used their photos on our site. We used them on television.” Read a transcript of our interview with Mandy Jenkins. Jenkins continued to talk to her sources and gather information for others in the newsroom to follow up on. “They were giving us tips of what they were seeing, what they were hearing,” she said. “And it was something that nobody else really had because nobody could get into this perimeter.” Ten hours passed from the moment the story broke to when Jenkins was finally able to stand up from her desk. “I couldn't conceive of being able to actually pull off this kind of crowdsourcing and source finding and social media before,” Jenkins said. “It was honestly kind of a watershed moment for me too. It kind of took me to a whole other level of appreciating social media after that day.” Writing a 'social media manifesto' Jenkins first became interested in social media in 2007, when she put together a “manifesto” on the subject for her bosses at the the Cincinnati Inquirer. Much to her surprise, they liked the idea and made her the paper’s first social media editor. "People have definitely caught on to the fact that news organizations are out there doing crowdsourcing on social media, and they inject themselves into it in a way to try to get themselves part of the story. When former WashingtonPost.com Editor Jim Brady was putting a staff for TBD.com, he hired Jenkins. After TBD imploded, she went on to do social media for The Huffington Post’s politics section. Fast forward to 2013, Jenkins now oversees Digital First Media’s data and video teams, but she hasn’t strayed far from her social media roots. She also helps out with community engagement at Digital First’s local newsrooms. “One of the things that I've been working on quite a bit is rolling out a product that we built with a vendor called Social Media Wire,” she said. Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 41:29 Sports journalists blaze new trails via social media, multiple platforms http://itsalljournalism.com/sports-journalists-blaze-new-trails-via-social-media-multiple-platforms/ http://itsalljournalism.com/sports-journalists-blaze-new-trails-via-social-media-multiple-platforms/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 22:05:56 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=1200 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/sports-journalists-blaze-new-trails-via-social-media-multiple-platforms/feed/ 0 Ben Raby,Capitals,Comcast Sports Network,CSN,Mark Zuckerman,MLB,Nationals,social media,sports reporting,The Washington Times,Twitter,Washington Capitals By Megan Cloherty - WASHINGTON - Sports reporting is one of the first jobs in journalism where multiple mediums were expected out of a reporter's daily product. Even years ago, when the black and white scores arrived folded on fan's doorstep, By Megan Cloherty WASHINGTON - Sports reporting is one of the first jobs in journalism where multiple mediums were expected out of a reporter's daily product. Even years ago, when the black and white scores arrived folded on fan's doorstep, they could likely hear their favorite writer on the radio every now and again. Mark Zuckerman was that reporter. His career started in print, and he became well-known by fans in Washington writing for The Washington Times. His career took an interesting turn in 2010 when the Times collapsed its sports department and Zuckerman found himself asking fans to support his work covering the Washington Nationals spring training. After an unexpected outpouring of financial support from his readers, Zuckerman launched NatsInsider.com and became one of the few reporters to successfully pull-off a paywall. Now, Zuckerman reports for Comcast Sports Network where he still covers the same team, but in a very different way than he did when his career began. Read a transcript of our interview with Ben Raby & Mark Zuckerman. "Yeah, it's in a lot of different ways. First and foremost is the immediacy of it. I remember writing for a newspaper and something happens early in the day, 'Well, I have all day to work on that story. I'll file it at the end of the day and it will appear the newspaper the next day. Nobody's going to read it until then.' Now, [when] something happens, I'd better be posting that somewhere immediately, whether it's Twitter or ultimately on the blog or on the website, because people want to read this immediately. And, it's changing. It's evolving over the course of a day," Zuckerman said. Ben Raby, who covers the Washington Capitals, works in radio, television and reports online. When Raby's career began, he was exposed to a number of different mediums. But, he couldn't decide which he liked most. "I thought 10 years ago, when I was finishing up at school, I thought it was a bad thing that I couldn't say in one sentence, maybe it is, but I couldn't say in one sentence, 'I want to be a play-by-play announcer. I want to do this.' This is what I said: 'I like to write. It like the broadcasting side. I like a lot of different things.' And at the time, I thought, 'This probably isn't good. I should probably narrow this down.' But yeah, as you said, I couldn't have predicted this 10 years ago. ... You have to be able to have that presence on camera, etcetera, so it's definitely an advantage," Raby said. The short shelf life of the scoop It's good advice for those aspiring to work in sports: Be versatile. And don't expect to get a scoop anymore. Not as long as Twitter is around. "The problem is nowadays a lot of the "scoops" are, 'Oh, well, they just signed this player or they just traded this player.' You get the news of it. You put a little line on Twitter and within, let's say, I had it first. Well, within five seconds, one of my competitors is making a phone call. They're confirming it and now they're reporting it or vice versa. It gives me the opportunity to follow up on something. Scoops last literally seconds now where they used to be a day or two," Zuckerman said. "Scoops last literally seconds now where they used to be a day or two." — Mark Zuckerman Not only have the scoops changed, but so have story pitches. Sports reporters now know what fans are talking about thanks to social media. Raby and Zuckerman say social media helps them interact with their readers/listeners/viewers, but it also helps them understand what angle is top of mind for fans. "I think sometimes you might sense that people are focused on one particular aspect that maybe you didn't think about," Zuckerman said. "Maybe I didn't think that was the most important thing, but a lot of people were asking about it. That helps drive your coverage and allows you to focus on certain things. "One of the other things that can be helpful with being on Twitter during a game, Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 38:02 How the Washington Post’s Maura Judkis covers art, inaugural balls and D.C. weekends http://itsalljournalism.com/how-the-washington-posts-maura-judkis-covers-art-inaugural-balls-and-d-c-weekends/ http://itsalljournalism.com/how-the-washington-posts-maura-judkis-covers-art-inaugural-balls-and-d-c-weekends/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2013 22:06:11 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=1161 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/how-the-washington-posts-maura-judkis-covers-art-inaugural-balls-and-d-c-weekends/feed/ 1 arts,arts reporting,culture,Going Out Guide,Inauguration,Maura Judkis,Mister Rogers,TBD.com,Victoria Gaitan,Washington Post By Megan Cloherty - Getting as close to the subject as she can is the way Maura Judkis likes to approach a story. She has spent her short career rising through the ranks of Washington publications with a goal of covering art and culture in the city. By Megan Cloherty Getting as close to the subject as she can is the way Maura Judkis likes to approach a story. She has spent her short career rising through the ranks of Washington publications with a goal of covering art and culture in the city. Now, she's at the Washington Post's Going Out Guide, a division of the entertainment section that previews what's going on in the city. The weekend section is meant to thrive as an online and mobile resource, offering a handy navigation breakdown for users who want to get right to information on weekend events in music, theater, bars and clubs and museums around town. Judkis contributes to the GOG blog, the dining guide, the 'Go Out Lists' and the weekly live chats. While she has a hand in all aspects of content for the 'Going Out Guide,' Judkis specializes in visual arts. Her mother and father are both artists. An example of her passion for getting close to artists in her reporting is evident in a story she wrote for the now defunct TBD.com on artist Victoria Gaitan. Read a transcript of our interview with Maura Judkis. "I had met her through the arts scene and she does these kind of spooky, sort of eerie portraits, and they're often women who, she has the models put corn syrup in their mouths and they dribble it down the front of their body," Judkis said when she met with Mike and Megan for the It's All Journalism podcast taping on Jan. 19. Gaitan heard that Judkis was interested in being a part of the process and learning more about what she was trying to say through her work, so the artist asked the reporter to sit as a model. "You can interview them, as much as you want and they'll be able to tell you, but like you won't really know until I had that corn syrup in my mouth and I was dribbling it out and my hair was covered in all this other goo." "There's no way that you can describe what it's like for those models. You can interview them, as much as you want and they'll be able to tell you, but like you won't really know until I had that corn syrup in my mouth and I was dribbling it out and my hair was covered in all this other goo. And it was pretty gross," Judkis said. Judkis has continued to expand her writing and understanding of different artistic mediums, using social media to help her find story ideas and gain a comprehensive handle on what's going on in the city. She says she's often on Reddit.com looking for interesting conversations or tips. Covering arts and culture is a difficult thing to do, as many publications have chosen to close or minimize their staff and critics who contribute to style and arts sections. Judkis offers advice for reporters coming up in arts journalism — make sure to be flexible, especially upfront, with career choices. "Be able to cover a lot of different type of arts. There are so many people who want to be music critics. If you can write a little bit of everything you have a better chance of diversifying your skills and maybe getting a job that may not be music. It may be a producer for the style section, for example, but then you get to write some music reviews," Judkis said. You can follow Maura Judkis @maurajudkis on Twitter and at the WashingtonPost.com Read a transcript of our interview with Maura Judkis. Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 44:26 ONA’s Joshua Hatch knows how to use data visualizations and so should you http://itsalljournalism.com/onas-joshua-hatch-knows-how-to-use-data-visualizations-and-so-should-you/ http://itsalljournalism.com/onas-joshua-hatch-knows-how-to-use-data-visualizations-and-so-should-you/#comments Sat, 19 Jan 2013 06:48:52 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=1118 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/onas-joshua-hatch-knows-how-to-use-data-visualizations-and-so-should-you/feed/ 0 American University,CartoDB,Chronicle of Higher Education,data,data journalism,data visualization,Geo Commons,Google Fusion Tables,Joshua Hatch,journalism,MapBox,Socrata By Megan Cloherty - WASHINGTON – Rethinking the approach to a story can be challenging even for the most weathered of journalists. Many of us know our medium and have not ventured too far beyond it when it comes to storytelling. By Megan Cloherty WASHINGTON – Rethinking the approach to a story can be challenging even for the most weathered of journalists. Many of us know our medium and have not ventured too far beyond it when it comes to storytelling. Data visualizations are becoming a more popular way for journalists to do their jobs, either in finding a story in the numbers or as a supplement to a larger investigation. Since some of us are just venturing into the world of data vis, it may seem like a relatively new medium. But experts like Joshua Hatch have made a career out of specializing in data-driven reporting. Hatch is the senior editor of data and interactives at the Chronicle of Higher Education. He's an Online News Association board member and adjunct professor of journalism at American University in Washington, D.C. After working with data for years, Hatch understands its storytelling value. We discussed the best use of data is when it answers a question. “You're getting data you can then act on. So the same is true with … knowing the point spread of a game, or it might be what stock is tanking. So, I think a lot of times data is really a step towards answering questions, solving a problem, that sort of thing,” Hatch said. "I think a lot of times data is really a step towards answering questions, solving a problem, that sort of thing." Hatch was kind enough to write us a how-to guide to aquainting yourself with the basics of data visualizations. For those of us who aren't looking to become experts, he says it's still important to understand the capabilities for story telling with data — not only to increase your knowledge base, but to better understand the challenges and lingo of the data experts in your newsroom. “Increasingly, you're finding journalists are in these collaberative multi-diciplinary groups, teams, newsrooms and someone is talking about SQL Queries. If one person is talking about a SQL and you think they're talking about the second Star Wars film, you have a problem. If at least you know they're talking about a data base, you can get somewhere,” Hatch said. Below Hatch suggests some programs and sites to get started in data viz: “You don't have to be a programmer to get started with data visualization. There are many easy and free online tools beginners can use right away. Socrata is one of my favorites. This tool makes it drop-dead simple to make tables, charts, graphs and even some maps. The results are attractive, interactive, and flexible enough for nearly any site. For more fine-grain control, step up to Google Fusion tables. With Fusion Tables, you can handle bigger data sets, join tables and start to get into APIs. Read a transpcript of our interview with Josh Hatch While Fusion Tables can also handle mapping, check out these other mapping tools, too: GeoCommons, CartoDB and MapBox. Each has pros and cons, but all are worth getting to know. These are just a few of the many tools that are out there.” As an adjunct professor, Hatch has an interesting perspective on the changing face of journalism education. Someone interested in learning a new medium no longer has to show up to class to become an expert. Online classes and tutorials are changing the game. “The barrier of entry is so low now,” Hatch said. Not to take anything away from the traditional classroom setting, he agrees there will always be a place for that type of learning environment in education. But there is also no good reason why someone cannot have a better understanding of the journalism industry's changing technologies, even if they're not looking to change their expertise. He offers advice to up-and-coming journalists that it's important to have core competencies like a basic understanding of ethics, communications law, writing and grammar to communicate effectively as a journalist. But beyond knowing the tenets of the profession, is understanding the strengths and weaknesses of each medium. Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 50:36 Love to hate the media? Download a daily dose of media criticism http://itsalljournalism.com/love-to-hate-the-media-download-a-daily-dose-of-media-criticism/ http://itsalljournalism.com/love-to-hate-the-media-download-a-daily-dose-of-media-criticism/#comments Sun, 13 Jan 2013 15:50:22 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=1066 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/love-to-hate-the-media-download-a-daily-dose-of-media-criticism/feed/ 0 Ashburn Media Company,Betsy Fischer,Cathy Merrill,Chelsea Clinton,David Zurawik,First Amendment,Hillary Rodham Clinton,Howard Kurtz,Lauren Ashburn,Matt Drudge,media criticism,PBS By Michael O'Connell - A lot of people hate the media. That’s proved to be something of a boon for The Daily Download, the news and media-criticism website. - “We're scum of the earth to a lot of people, so those are the people who like to read this, By Michael O'Connell A lot of people hate the media. That’s proved to be something of a boon for The Daily Download, the news and media-criticism website. “We're scum of the earth to a lot of people, so those are the people who like to read this,... Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 38:20 Jan Schaffer fosters innovation, media entrepreneurship http://itsalljournalism.com/jan-schaffer-fosters-innovation-media-entrepreneurship/ http://itsalljournalism.com/jan-schaffer-fosters-innovation-media-entrepreneurship/#comments Sat, 05 Jan 2013 20:40:03 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=1021 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/jan-schaffer-fosters-innovation-media-entrepreneurship/feed/ 0 American University,education,entrepreneurship,innovation,It's All Journalism,J-Lab,Jan Schaffer,journalism,media entrepreneurs,watchdog By Michael O'Connell - Jan Schaffer, the executive director of J-Lab, wants to help media entrepreneurs find new ways to succeed. - A Pulitzer-Prize-winning business editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer, she left her daily journalism gig in 1994 to b... By Michael O'Connell Jan Schaffer, the executive director of J-Lab, wants to help media entrepreneurs find new ways to succeed. A Pulitzer-Prize-winning business editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer, she left her daily journalism gig in 1994 to b... Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 21:26 Kate Gardiner: Time for journalists to take back their audience http://itsalljournalism.com/kate-gardiner-time-for-journalists-to-take-back-their-audience/ http://itsalljournalism.com/kate-gardiner-time-for-journalists-to-take-back-their-audience/#comments Sun, 30 Dec 2012 18:47:28 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=921 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/kate-gardiner-time-for-journalists-to-take-back-their-audience/feed/ 2 Distill Media,Facebook,It's All Journalism,journalism,Kate Gardiner,social media,Twitter By Michael O'Connell - Social media is not a fad. - Kate Gardiner, a New York-based journalist and social media consultant, said journalists need to recognize that truth and continue to use social media to build communities online where they can bett... By Michael O'Connell Social media is not a fad. Kate Gardiner, a New York-based journalist and social media consultant, said journalists need to recognize that truth and continue to use social media to build communities online where they can bett... Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 21:13 Clinton Yates, Washington Post Express and Root D.C., enhances his reporting on multiple platforms http://itsalljournalism.com/clinton-yates-washington-post-express-and-root-d-c-enhances-his-reporting-on-multiple-platforms/ http://itsalljournalism.com/clinton-yates-washington-post-express-and-root-d-c-enhances-his-reporting-on-multiple-platforms/#comments Sun, 23 Dec 2012 14:01:20 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=870 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/clinton-yates-washington-post-express-and-root-d-c-enhances-his-reporting-on-multiple-platforms/feed/ 0 @clintonyates,Clinton Yates,The Root D.C.,The Root DC,Three Wise Men,Washington Post Express editor By Megan Cloherty - WASHINGTON - Get motivated by the change that's happening in newsrooms, or get left behind. That was part of the conversation during our talk with Clinton Yates, local news editor for the Washington Post Express, By Megan Cloherty WASHINGTON - Get motivated by the change that's happening in newsrooms, or get left behind. That was part of the conversation during our talk with Clinton Yates, local news editor for the Washington Post Express, writer for The Root DC and co-host of the 3 Wise Men podcast. "Is there pressure to get along other platforms? I guess. But if you don't feel the pressure and you're in the business, I don't really know what you're there for," Yates said in the podcast recorded on Dec. 8. He has the mindset of a multimedia journalist but came about it in a very organic way, by taking on each platform as his career branched off to new mediums. Read full transcript of Clinton Yates interview.Yates grew up in the District, an experience that shaped his voice as a reporter. Having personally experienced the transitions of the city in the past few decades, Yates entered the world of journalism with a confidence normally found in beat-weary 30-year reporting veterans. Knowing the city's evolution informs Yates' reporting and gives him perspective he says he would never ignore. "If you don't remember what it is that you know, there's no real point in reporting. At least not to me. It's not just to me about walking into a room, hearing what someone says and writing it down. It's a lot more than that ... Especially, if you're going to be reporting in your home town. That's the whole advantage that you have being from here. You know things that have happened before you walked into the room," he said. Operating under pressure Yates has been at the Washington Post since 2007. Before that, he started his journalism career by following his natural interest in sports. Yates got in touch with ESPN's Michael Wilbon, who quickly became a mentor, who connected him with the late George Michael and an internship at The Sports Machine at WRC-4 in Washington, D.C. That is where Yates learned an important lesson that has stuck with him; do what it takes to be the best. "Pressure is whatever you want to make it. Some people just consider it motivation to get to the top.""I mean, he was a serious, serious taskmaster because he wanted to make sure that he was the best. To me, that was one of the best things I ever learned in the business was. Pressure is whatever you want to make it. Some people just consider it motivation to get to the top," Yates said. Transitioning from sports to a career editing and opinion writing has moved quickly for Yates, who says he never had trouble adapting to the daily change in medium. For the Express, he has to plan the print content that will appeal to a Metro commuter short on time. For the Root D.C., he has to speak to a culturally unified audience interested in community issues online and on his podcast, Yates is reaching a young audience with humor on iTunes. "There are some radio shows that are good. And there are some radio shows that I read their websites. And there are some TV shows that I'll watch on TV, but I won't read their websites. There are some websites that I will read their Twitter feeds, but I won't read their actual website," Yates said. "What I try to do is, I try to keep abreast of this so that when I'm presenting my content, I've found the best voice for that particular channel. Again, I really wish I could describe that better, but it requires a lot of work and paying a lot of attention to things that are actually effective and trying to find the right blend for your own recipe." On social media, he's found his voice easily. Yates said he's often recognized for his Twitter presence (@clintonyates) rather than his journalism, but that doesn't seem to phase the man with 3,220 followers at the time this article was written. As for young journalists trying to build their own following and find their passion in this ever-changing career path, that's just it Yates says, you have to be able to offer interesting content on whatever platform fits it best. Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 40:53 Jim Brady talks digital first, sustainability and fearless journalism http://itsalljournalism.com/jim-brady-talks-digital-first-sustainability-and-fearless-journalism/ http://itsalljournalism.com/jim-brady-talks-digital-first-sustainability-and-fearless-journalism/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:56:45 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=769 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/jim-brady-talks-digital-first-sustainability-and-fearless-journalism/feed/ 2 digital first,Digital First Media,It's All Journalism,Jim Brady,John Paton,Journal Register Company,JRC,ONA,Online News Association,Project Thunderdome,sustainability,TBD.com Journalism’s demise is greatly exaggerated. - At least, that’s how it looks from where Jim Brady, the editor-in-chief of Digital First Media, is standing. - “I was just saying to somebody in New York yesterday, Journalism’s demise is greatly exaggerated. At least, that’s how it looks from where Jim Brady, the editor-in-chief of Digital First Media, is standing. “I was just saying to somebody in New York yesterday, there isn't one person sitting in this newsroom in Thunderdome that thinks journalism is dead,” Brady said, referring to Digital First’s shared-services team based in New York City. “Not one,” he said. “Everyone of them knows it's going to make it. They don't know exactly what it's going to be and how it's going to get there, but none of them are sitting there gloom and doom.” As one of the pioneers of new media, first at WashingtonPost.com and then TBD.com, Brady has heard all the negativity about journalism’s future. “I've been to too many conferences where the tagline of the conference should be just ‘We're all going to die,’” he joked. “I've been to too many conferences where the tagline of the conference should be just ‘We're all going to die.’” But with his current venture, Project Thunderdome, which launched last July, Brady is helping to build a different type of newsroom -- one that can thrive in the digital environment. “The goal of Thunderdome is to restructure the costs of a traditional newsroom that makes it sustainable going forward,” Brady told It’s All Journalism. “We talk a lot about how all the tools of journalism are improving the actual quality of journalism and opening up all these doors for storytelling that we never had before, but we spend not nearly enough time talking about the financial underpinnings of the business. Cause you can build all the great stuff in the world, but if you can't afford it, you're pretty much dead.” New model for journalism’s future Brady credits John Paton, CEO of Digital First’s parent, the Journal Register Company, with originating the idea of the Thunderdome as part of JRC’s three-pronged approach to uniting his company’s chain of 75 daily and weekly newspapers and their accompanying websites. “It’s got three core components to it,” Brady said. “The first core component, basically, tries to make sure that newsrooms are focused on local. Cause in the end, our local newsrooms are going to live and die based on their ability to cover their communities, not their ability to have foreign and national news in the paper.” Under a traditional newsroom model, all 75 papers might end up writing 75 versions of the same story, such as the news of Paul Ryan being named the vice presidential candidate. “What if you replaced that with one person who really knew politics?” Brady asked. “Who's layering in related links, links to Ryan's voting record, a photo gallery of his life and putting together a really smart package about Paul Ryan and making it available to all 75 papers? Now they have better content than they had before, and they didn't spend any time locally doing that.” By sharing coverage, each newsroom begins freeing up reporters to cover other, more local stories.Read the full transcript of It's All Journalism's interview with Jim Brady. The second part of JRC’s strategy is to marshal the company’s resources to create vertical sections in areas like technology, health or education. The newspapers’ 75 websites draw in 60 million unique visitors, attractive numbers for potential advertisers and sponsors. “We want to start building out ... new verticals that we can roll out across all of these papers and automatically be able to go to advertisers and say, ‘Hey, we have a health section that reaches 50 million uniques a month. You want to buy?’” Brady said. Wanted: Fearless journalists The third piece is Project Thunderdome, which operates as a shared technical and reporting resource for the entire company, sort of a Special Weapons and Tactics team. “I want people who understand that failure is not something we’re afraid of. Many of the pieces of Thunderdome will fail as we go forward, Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 38:02 Busy day of interviews — Clinton Yates, Jim Brady and Kate Gardiner http://itsalljournalism.com/busy-day-of-interviews-clinton-yates-jim-brady-and-kate-gardiner/ http://itsalljournalism.com/busy-day-of-interviews-clinton-yates-jim-brady-and-kate-gardiner/#comments Sat, 08 Dec 2012 23:03:30 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=738 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/busy-day-of-interviews-clinton-yates-jim-brady-and-kate-gardiner/feed/ 0 Can digital novels teach print journalism how to thrive online? http://itsalljournalism.com/can-digital-novels-teach-print-journalism-how-to-thrive-online/ http://itsalljournalism.com/can-digital-novels-teach-print-journalism-how-to-thrive-online/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:38:32 +0000 Jolie http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=669 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/can-digital-novels-teach-print-journalism-how-to-thrive-online/feed/ 2 digital novels,fiction,It's All Journalism,Jenny 8. Lee,journalism,Kickstarter,Plympton,podcast,print One of the questions we ask ourselves at It's All Journalism is this: - "Is there a future for print publications online?" - For novels, there may be an answer in Plympton — a literary studio devoted to serialized fiction online. - One of the questions we ask ourselves at It's All Journalism is this: "Is there a future for print publications online?" For novels, there may be an answer in Plympton — a literary studio devoted to serialized fiction online. "We think there's a very exciting possibility in digital publishing to bring a story that is ongoing and growing and can be delivered to your e-reader," said Plympton co-founder and former New York Times reporter Jenny 8. Lee (@jenny8lee). Priced starting at 99 cents  installments come out every couple weeks or weekly and range from several thousand words to 25,000 words. Plympton has teamed up with Amazon, which a couple months ago launched a publishing program called Kindle Serials, where a book-length story is delivered in episodes over time. In a way, Plympton is returning to the roots of literature, following the serialized format of the likes of Tolstoy and Dickens. But what about journalism? Is there hope this business model could work for news? The big difference between what Plympton and news sites is the difference between how people consume entertainment and news. "People are more wiling to pay to be entertained than they are to be informed," Lee said. "Which may be a sad commentary on our society, but it's generally true." Watch Plympton's Kickstarter video below. Plympton had a goal to raise $30,000 and ended up raising more than $56,000. Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 23:51 Podcast #14: Lisa Skube & Emily Harris, Journalism Accelerator http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-14-lisa-skube-emily-harris-journalism-accelerator/ http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-14-lisa-skube-emily-harris-journalism-accelerator/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:39:39 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=651 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-14-lisa-skube-emily-harris-journalism-accelerator/feed/ 1 Emily Harris,innovation,journalism,Journalism Accelerator,Lisa Skube,media,podcast,sustainability Part of our mission statement is to create a dialogue between journalists so that they can better understand the disruption that's occurring in our industry right now and come up with ways to be more successful. - Part of our mission statement is to create a dialogue between journalists so that they can better understand the disruption that's occurring in our industry right now and come up with ways to be more successful. Our approach is to interview working journalists about how they do their jobs and hear what lessons they've learned. Our goal is to help journalists do what they do best, i.e., report the news in a new, digital world. We are not alone on our road of discovery. Others share our mission. A forum about innovation in journalism beyond the usual suspects, that's how Journalism Accelerator defines itself. The JA creates conversation among communities in search of new, sustainable models for journalism. The startup hosts online discussions, curates resources that offer practical application, connects people, and tracks ideas and emerging practices in the field. Everything is done with an eye to helping publishers thrive at this time of massive disruption in the industry. Lisa Skube is the founder of Journalism Accelerator. Emily Harris is the editorial director for the website. They spoke with It's All Journalism Producer Michael O'Connell about how they're facilitating the dialogue between publishers, journalists and business professionals to preserve something vital to our democracy — a free, independent and self-sustaining press. Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 33:32 Bonus Podcast – Alexander Howard, O’Reilly Media http://itsalljournalism.com/bonus-podcast-alexander-howard-oreilly-media/ http://itsalljournalism.com/bonus-podcast-alexander-howard-oreilly-media/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:31:46 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=630 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/bonus-podcast-alexander-howard-oreilly-media/feed/ 1 @digiphile,alerts,Alexander Howard,big data,data scraping,emergency alerts,Hurricane Sandy,journalism,media,mobile alerts,O'Reilly Media,podcast When I edited my interview with Alexander Howard of O'Reilly Media, I cut out part of our discussion about the role emergency alerts and big data played during Hurricane Sandy. - You can read Howard's coverage here. - When I edited my interview with Alexander Howard of O'Reilly Media, I cut out part of our discussion about the role emergency alerts and big data played during Hurricane Sandy. You can read Howard's coverage here. Listening back to the podcast interview later on, I thought Howard had some interesting things to say and that this excerpt could stand on its own. Please enjoy this bonus podcast. Consider it a "dvd extra." Michael O'Connell Producer It's All Journalism Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 5:31 Journalism students team up on social media to cover Election Day http://itsalljournalism.com/journalism-students-team-up-on-social-media-to-cover-election-day/ http://itsalljournalism.com/journalism-students-team-up-on-social-media-to-cover-election-day/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:49:53 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=623 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/journalism-students-team-up-on-social-media-to-cover-election-day/feed/ 0 Podcast #13: Alexander Howard, O’Reilly Media http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-13-alexander-howard-oreilly-media/ http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-13-alexander-howard-oreilly-media/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:51:06 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=607 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-13-alexander-howard-oreilly-media/feed/ 1 @digiphile,Alexander Howard,cybersecurity,Government 2.0,journalism,mobility,O'Reilly Media,open data Alexander Howard has a big brain, at least when it comes to things like big data, open government and all things digital. - As the Government 2.0 correspondent for O'Reilly Media, he spends a lot of time exercising his gray matter, Alexander Howard has a big brain, at least when it comes to things like big data, open government and all things digital. As the Government 2.0 correspondent for O'Reilly Media, he spends a lot of time exercising his gray matter, pondering the way technology is changing society, government and journalism. The subjects of his reports run the gamut from cybersecurity and mobility to the growth of startups in realms undreamt of just a decade ago. "There are some truly fascinating trends, I think, that are occurring, really anyplace where someone has a connected smartphone in their hands now," Howard told It's All Journalism Producer Michael O'Connell. "And I've been trying to chronicle that as best I can all said for almost three years at O'Reilly and for years before that as well." Howard not only covers the digital world, he spends a lot of time there as well, on Facebook, Twitter (@digiphile), Google+ and his blog, digiphile.wordpress.com. "You can't say 'This is who I am,' because who you are and what you do and how you're thought of and the value that your work is given and the reputation you have is being created by all the people around it," Howard said. "You can add your voice to it." This accessibility paid off in story ideas, corrections, connections and a first hand look at how people interact in the digital universe. "The decision I made a number of years ago is to proactively put myself out on a lot of these networks, because I made the call, and I think it was an accurate one, that people would be searching for it on Google and all these networks and that it really behooved me to make myself findable and my work findable." Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 34:25 Podcast #12: After Election 2012 http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-12-after-election-2012/ http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-12-after-election-2012/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:40:11 +0000 Jolie http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=554 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-12-after-election-2012/feed/ 1 This is a special post-election podcast. - Part 1: Inside NPR Headquarters - I had the chance to spend election night at NPR headquarters in DC with 30 journalists, community activists and political geeks. This is a special post-election podcast. Part 1: Inside NPR Headquarters I had the chance to spend election night at NPR headquarters in DC with 30 journalists, community activists and political geeks. The event was hosted by NPR's social media desk and senior strategist Andy Carvin (@acarvin). It's quite a change from the last presidential election social media event at NPR, which Jill Miller Zimon (@JillMZ) attended four years ago. "These days, what's different in 2012 versus 2008, we have a lot more sources of information we can consult at anytime," said Zimon, who wears several hats, including a council member in Pepper Pike, Ohio, a blogger at Writes Like She Talks and a director of Civic Commons, a Knight Foundation grantee to enhance civic engagement. In 2008, Twitter was still a newbie and far from mainstream. But on election night of 2012, Twitter was THE source of news. In fact, the conversation in the room was sparse; the conversation online was an avalanche. And it's not just journalists who have taken up the social media site. The room included activists, such as Juan Escalante (@JuanSaaa), a recent graduate of Florida State University, an immigration rights activist and an undocumented immigrant. He said social media has allowed immigrants to give voice to their cause while maintaining anonymity. But in recent years, Escalante said activist groups he works with tried to "wean" people off of anonymity "so we can create an actual network" where people collaborate on legislation like the DREAM Act. Twitter dominated in sharing information, but some also live-blogged the election — like Ben Cohen, editor of The Daily Banter (@TheDailyBanter), a left-leaning online publication. Cohen admits, "I suck at Twitter." But he still has embraced the need to use it. His blog posts were automatically tweeted out as he published them. In the room too were visual journalists, including illustrator Wendy MacNaughton (@WendyMac) who sketched and painted scenes in her notepad, took photos of her art on her iPad and then posted the images online. She got rave reviews from the other participants, and I asked her if she usually got this kind of response from people. "From people who spend a lot of time online, yes," she said. "So many people are spending so much time making and doing things in a digital space, when somebody pulls out a pen and paintbrush, it's almost shocking." Part 2: A Foreign Journalist's Take on American Politics Producer Michael O’Connell interviewed Danish journalist Pia Roen on Election Day, Nov. 7, 2012. She was in Washington, D.C., recently, observing the 2012 Presidential Election and reporting back to her morning radio show on the Danish Broadcasting Corporation. She compared and contrasted broadcast journalism in the U.S. and Denmark, including how the Internet has changed the industry in her own country. Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 19:25 Podcast #11: John Wenzel, arts and entertainment reporter, The Denver Post http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-11-john-wenzel-arts-and-entertainment-reporter-the-denver-post/ http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-11-john-wenzel-arts-and-entertainment-reporter-the-denver-post/#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:01:04 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=520 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-11-john-wenzel-arts-and-entertainment-reporter-the-denver-post/feed/ 0 Arts and entertainment reporter John Wenzel writes about popular culture for both the print and online editions of the Denver Post. A Dayton, Ohio, native, he has written for RollingStone.com, Vice.Com and other entertainment outlets. Arts and entertainment reporter John Wenzel writes about popular culture for both the print and online editions of the Denver Post. A Dayton, Ohio, native, he has written for RollingStone.com, Vice.Com and other entertainment outlets. He's also the author of "Mock Stars," a Speck/Fulcrum nonfiction book. One of the Post's online success stories is the HeyReverb music and culture blog that Wenzel co-editted with pop music critic and entertainment editor Ricardo Baca. "At first, it wasn't that different than most music blogs," Wenzel told It's All Journalism Producer Michael O'Connell. "We weren't thinking of ourselves as competition for the larger music blogs out there." HeyReverb made a name for itself through its music reviews, columns and coverage of local bands and national acts that come through town. In addition, the site sponsors recording sessions of local acts to create unique content for its readers to download. All this has helped it to become a one-stop shop for music and entertainment content for the greather Denver music scene. "As it's grown through the years and as we've added contributors and sort of rewritten our mission statement, it's really become more than a music blog, more than a local music blog and a culture site," Wenzel said. "Something that's moving a little bit more in a direction like a Gawker media blog or New York Magazine's Vulture site." As a significant link in the Digital First Media chain, the Denver Post is traveling the path of many legacy news outlets, trading its print-only tradition and embracing the new "digital first" mantra. It's not an easy road to travel, but Wenzel sees postive strides being made online, especially in the arts and entertainment arena, in securing a new audience for the Post's content. "We want to offer things that sort of reinforce the brand that we like to think we've help to develop, which is younger, kind of hipper, more connected, more social media savvy," Wenzel said. You can follow Wenzel on Twitter at @johntwenzel Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 27:08 Podcast #10: Taking old school radio, mobile — WTOP reporter Neal Augenstein shares how http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-10-neal-augenstein-wtop-reporter/ http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-10-neal-augenstein-wtop-reporter/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:36:42 +0000 Jolie http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=508 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-10-neal-augenstein-wtop-reporter/feed/ 2 IPhone audio editing,iPhone editing,iPhone recording an interview,iPhone voice editing,mobile journalism,Neal Augenstein,WTOP One Washington, D.C., reporter has taken mobile reporting to the extreme. For the past 2-1/2 years, Neal Augenstein of WTOP Radio has done all his field production on one device — his iPhone. - Neal has been a reporter at WTOP since 1997. One Washington, D.C., reporter has taken mobile reporting to the extreme. For the past 2-1/2 years, Neal Augenstein of WTOP Radio has done all his field production on one device — his iPhone. Neal has been a reporter at WTOP since 1997. The iPhone presented an obvious advantage to his everyday challenge of filing from the field. The iPhone was lighter than carrying recording equipment and a laptop. It also proved easier to get information to the audience, via Twitter or an audio clip on SoundCloud. The audio quality from the iPhone, Augenstein says, is just about as good as using the standard recording equipment. In the WTOP Newsroom, you'll often hear Augenstein coaching interviewees over the phone how to use their iPhone to record the interview he's about to do. Instead of doing the interview over the phone at his desk, Augenstein takes the moment to teach others how to use their phone as a recording and editing tool. And by doing so, gives them an active role in the piece that will be on the air on WTOP. Neal also shoots photos and videos on his iPhone. He keeps a blog where journalists can learn more about recording and editing in a mobile format. Neal shared with It's All Journalism some of his tips for being a mobile reporter and how using the iPhone and only the iPhone has changed the way he does his job. Follow Neal on Twitter: @AugensteinWTOP Read about Neal's iPhone reporting tips: iPhoneReporting.tumblr.com UPDATE: Neal Augenstein switched to an iPhone5 and donated his iPhone4 to the Newseum in Washington, D.C. Read More. (Nov. 15, 2012) Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 28:35 Podcast #9: ONA MJ Bear Fellow Tricia Fulks on taking the freelance leap from print to documentary (Video) http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-9-tricia-fulks-story-director-hollow/ http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-9-tricia-fulks-story-director-hollow/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:25:02 +0000 Jolie http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=483 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-9-tricia-fulks-story-director-hollow/feed/ 0 AU Interactive Journalism,Hollow,interactive documentary,McDowell County,MJ Bear Fellow,ONA,Tricia Fulks,W.Va.,WVU Hollow is an interactive documentary "for the community, by the community" of McDowell County, W.Va.,  a once-prosperous community built on coal. The project is a combination of user-generated videos, video profiles, slideshows and interactive data. - Hollow is an interactive documentary "for the community, by the community" of McDowell County, W.Va.,  a once-prosperous community built on coal. The project is a combination of user-generated videos, video profiles, slideshows and interactive data. Tricia Fulks, Hollow's story director, is a native West Virginian. She says the project is a chance to address the "horrible stereotypes" of West Virginians she sees in the media. By giving video cameras to community members, the project is also a chance for locals to address these stereotypes. "We really hope to engage them, empower them, [have them] be able to tell their own stories," she told "It's All Journalism." Visually, trailers for the Hollow project pull you in with beautiful cinematography and raw images of real life in the seemingly forgotten town. While the project is easy to watch, like every entrepreneurial idea, it needed funding. Tricia shared with It's All Journalism's Jolie Lee and Mike O'Connell how the Hollow team was able to raise funds for the project through a Kickstarter campaign, as well as through grants. Hollow is set to be completed in the spring of 2013. A bit about Tricia: We at It's All Journalism met Tricia two years ago in our graduate program at American University. At the time, Tricia was editor of Shepardstown Chronicle in West Virginia. While at West Virginia University, Tricia co-founded West Virginia Uncovered, which has trained more than a dozen weekly newspapers in online storytelling. Currently, Tricia is a research and production assistant for PBS' Frontline. At age 25, Tricia has won awards for her reporting, and recently she was named an MJ Bear Fellow from the Online News Association for her work with Hollow.   Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 29:52 Podcast #8: WNYC’s John Keefe on how to find and tell stories with data http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-9-john-keefe-senior-sditor-data-news-journalism-technology-wnyc/ http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-9-john-keefe-senior-sditor-data-news-journalism-technology-wnyc/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:36:12 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=452 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-9-john-keefe-senior-sditor-data-news-journalism-technology-wnyc/feed/ 0 data journalism,data sets,data visualization,John Keefe,WNYC The Internet gives us access to data and lots of it. But how can journalists use this information effectively, both in reporting and in storytelling? - WNYC, the local public radio station in New York City, has been creating useful, The Internet gives us access to data and lots of it. But how can journalists use this information effectively, both in reporting and in storytelling? WNYC, the local public radio station in New York City, has been creating useful, interactive and pretty nice-looking data visualizations on topics ranging from the prevalence of stop and frisk incidents by neighborhood to elections broken down by geography and demographics to the number of people who use the subway leading up to a Jay-Z concert. It's All Journalism Producers Jolie Lee and Michael O'Connell talked to John Keefe, who leads the WNYC’s Data News Team. He shares how he became one of the country's leading data journalists and what news outlets are using data effectively to enhance their storytelling. Keefe discusses what went into WNYC's innovative election coverage, from its 30 Issues in 30 Days examination of the issues behind the 2012 election to Debate Bingo!, an interactive game that allows viewers to play along with the candidates during the 2012 presidential debates. Keefe also shared this list of resources for those looking to pick up some data skills or searching for new ways to tell stories using data. Resources for data journalists Poynter: Digital Strategies Coding for Journalists Tools, Slides and Links from NICAR12 Hacks/Hackers Before becoming a data journalist, Keefe led WNYC's news operation for nine years. Prior to that, he worked at two Wisconsin dailies, Discovery Channel Online and was the president of a digital production company. He’s also a member of the board of directors at the Online News Association. Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 30:45 Podcast #7: Journalism entrepreneur Dan Oshinsky talks Stry.us and helping fellow reporters http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-7-dan-oshinsky-tools-for-reporters-and-stry-us/ http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-7-dan-oshinsky-tools-for-reporters-and-stry-us/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2012 23:57:42 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=401 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-7-dan-oshinsky-tools-for-reporters-and-stry-us/feed/ 0 Dan Oshinsky,Reynolds fellow,stry.us,tools for reporters,University of Missouri On his blog, Dan Oshinsky describes himself as “a reporter ... entrepreneur, lover of start-ups ... frequent troublemaker and builder of awesome stuff.” - But his main interest is telling stories. - Oshinsky’s current focus is Stry.us, On his blog, Dan Oshinsky describes himself as “a reporter ... entrepreneur, lover of start-ups ... frequent troublemaker and builder of awesome stuff.” But his main interest is telling stories. Oshinsky’s current focus is Stry.us, a start-up that grew out of a reporting project through his work as a Reynolds Fellow at the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism. Inspired to act In 2010, Oshinsky was inspired by the stories coming out of Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina. He saw this as an opportunity to write the long-form, personal stories he wanted tell. So, he quit his job, packed his cameras and notebooks and headed to Biloxi, Miss. He spent three months documenting the stories of Biloxi's residents as they struggled to put their lives back together after the storm. His reporting led to the first incarnation of Stry.us. That, with the help of a Reynolds Fellowship, led to the website's second incarnation in the summer of 2012. Oshinsky led a team of reporters to the Ozarks to cover the day-to-day lives of the citizens of Springfield, Mo. The next step Oshinsky sat down with It's All Journalism Producers Megan Cloherty and Michael O'Connell about his passion for telling good stories and how he hopes to help other journalists expand their skills and ignite their journalistic passions. Oshinsky aims to do this one weekly email a week at a time, sharing his knowledge and experience with reporters looking to do their job better. "The next thing is answering a simple question, which is: 'How can I help?' With Tools for Reporters, it's a simple thing, but how can I help people do a better job?" Oshinsky asked. "I have a lot of stuff at my disposal and I want to build a community of people to help themselves and that want to do better reporting that will serve our world." Listening to Oshinsky describe Stry.us and Tools for Reporters should inspire even the most cynical journalist to push away from his or her desktop, grab a recorder and report something important. "I'm all about trying to put a dent in the universe any way I can," he said. Michael O'Connell Follow @frolixmike !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); moconnell207@gmail.com Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 41:54 Podcast #6: 140Elect’s Zach Green on social media’s influence in the election http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-6-zach-green-co-founder-140elect/ http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-6-zach-green-co-founder-140elect/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:53:11 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=352 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-6-zach-green-co-founder-140elect/feed/ 0 140 Elect Zach Green,140Elect,canidate's tweet,facebook election,social media campaign,social media in election,twitter election,zach green Zach Green has been closely following the 2012 presidential campaign. He's the co-founder of 140Elect.com, a company that provides social media strategies for political campaigns. He says in this election cycle the battle for the White House will be fo... Zach Green has been closely following the 2012 presidential campaign. He's the co-founder of 140Elect.com, a company that provides social media strategies for political campaigns. He says in this election cycle the battle for the White House will be fought in the Twitterverse. "A lot of the national debate happens on Twitter," Green said. "So, if there's a breaking story, if there's a controversy, if a campaign needs to get a quote in, if they need to change the national debate in any way, it always happens on Twitter." Green spoke to It's All Journalism Producers Megan Cloherty and Michael O'Connell about what we can expect in the final weeks leading up to Election Day. According to Green, both presidential campaigns are using Twitter differently -- President Obama's team are tweeting a flurry of "jabs" while Governor Romney's campaign is looking for the Twitter equivalent of a knockout punch. "What we're seeing is Obama will be sending more messages overall, it will get more reach," Green said. "When you look at individual messages, Romney gets more retweets per tweets, which is one metric." While Green doubted anyone's mind would be changed by the contents of a 140-character tweet, he said Twitter is proving to be an effective platform for the campaigns to get their message out to the right people, i.e., members of the press who rabidly follow the Twitter-stream. Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 22:24 Taking Stock http://itsalljournalism.com/taking-stock/ http://itsalljournalism.com/taking-stock/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:48:00 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=357 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/taking-stock/feed/ 0 Podcast #5: Steve Buttry, Digital First Media, Part 2 http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-5-steve-buttry-digital-first-media-part-2/ http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-5-steve-buttry-digital-first-media-part-2/#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:09:21 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=308 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-5-steve-buttry-digital-first-media-part-2/feed/ 0 Steve Buttry, the community engagement editor with Digital First Media, was writing on his blog as far back as 2009 about the importance of newspapers adopting a mobile first outlook. - "If I were to update now," Buttry said, Steve Buttry, the community engagement editor with Digital First Media, was writing on his blog as far back as 2009 about the importance of newspapers adopting a mobile first outlook. "If I were to update now," Buttry said, "I would say you need a digital approach that is device flexible. That it's going to work on mobile, that it's going to be thought-through for mobile, but it's going to work on your desktop computer, your laptop computer, your tablet." In the second part of his interview with It's All Journalism Producers Megan Cloherty and Michael O'Connell, discusses the importance of mobile thing, developing a first strategy and what the future of journalism may look like. Listen to the first part of the interview with Steve Buttry here. Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 19:47 Podcast #4: Steve Buttry, Digital First Media, Part 1 http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-4-steve-buttry-digital-first-media-part-1/ http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-4-steve-buttry-digital-first-media-part-1/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:49:30 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=283 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-4-steve-buttry-digital-first-media-part-1/feed/ 5 When you talk about digital-first newsrooms, one of the first names that’ll come up is Steve Buttry’s. - Buttry is currently the director of community engagement and social media for Digital First Media newsroom at the Journal Register Company, When you talk about digital-first newsrooms, one of the first names that’ll come up is Steve Buttry’s. Buttry is currently the director of community engagement and social media for Digital First Media newsroom at the Journal Register Company, which has daily and weekly newspapers in nearly 1,000 communities in 10 states. "Clearly there’s a demand for a newspaper, but I don’t think there’s a demand for a company that’s focused on newspapers," Buttry said, when asked about the future of journalism. "So we’re going to be a company focused on digital, and for the time being we’ll put out a newspaper too. That’s a complete change in your culture, your workflow, your thinking that we’re trying to bring about to our companies." That process is not without its challenges. Recently, Digital First Media's CEO John Paton announced the Journal Register was filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy with the intent to seek a quick sale. The announcement triggered a wave of "I-told-you-so's" from digital doubters and concern from new media proponents. Buttry remains upbeat about the future of Digital First Media. "It doesn’t change the strategy and, in fact, I think we will see, after we come out of bankrupcy, that we’re very close to having the sort of operation we need to move forward," he told It's All Journalism. "It’s one of those ugly business necessities to get where we need to go." In response to the haters, Buttry added: "I hope that after we come out of the bankrupcy and have financial success that they’ll note that we were right and they were wrong." Buttry is also the former director of community engagement for TBD.com, a news site covering Washington, D.C. He’s been in the news business for about four decades. He’s been a reporter, editor and writing coach for the Des Moines Register, Kansas City Star and Times, Minot Daily News and Omaha World-Herald. In 2010, Editor and Publisher magazine named him Editor of the Year for his work with the Cedar Rapids Gazette. Buttry also blogs about media issues at The Buttry Diary. Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 18:21 Podcast #3: Pam Maples & Anthony Moor, ONA Conference co-chairs http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-3-pam-maples-anthony-moor-ona-conference-co-chairs/ http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-3-pam-maples-anthony-moor-ona-conference-co-chairs/#comments Thu, 06 Sep 2012 21:44:00 +0000 Jolie http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=249 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-3-pam-maples-anthony-moor-ona-conference-co-chairs/feed/ 1 The Online News Association's annual conference has been a mirror to the shifts and tremors of the journalism industry meeting the Internet. In 2002, the few hundred people who attended the conference learned about transforming the newsroom with "reall... The Online News Association's annual conference has been a mirror to the shifts and tremors of the journalism industry meeting the Internet. In 2002, the few hundred people who attended the conference learned about transforming the newsroom with "really cool Flash applications," said ONA 2012 co-chair Anthony Moor. That interest in newsroom transformation is still a topic of discussion, but it's become a subset of a much broader discussion about the journalism industry, Moor said. This year's conference in San Francisco (Sept. 20-22) will include product showcases, new technological tools, journalism start-ups and -- the focus this year -- storytelling. It's a return to the basics that Moor and cochair Pam Maples say show the desire among people to maintain the integrity of journalism, regardless of how that information is being shared. "I actually think we're just getting into the really exciting part of this disruption of our business," Maples said. "It's absolutely still scary for a lot of journalists and there's a lot of legitimate concern about where we go and how we sustain it and the financial questions. But I think we're deep enough in it where we're starting to see stuff come out that's really focused on preserving some of those core values but doing it for this modern age." About the guests: Pam Maples is the innovation director at the John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford University. Previously, she was managing editor at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, where she led the integration of print and digital. Under her leadership, the publication was a finalist for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize. Maples was also assistant managing editor at the Dallas Morning News, where she had won a Pulitzer as  team for international reporting. Anthony Moor is the director of editorial operations at Yahoo! Last year, he led the company's local news efforts. Previously, Moor was deputy managing editor of interactive at The Dallas Morning News. He has also worked as editor of the OrlandoSentinel.com. Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 19:56 It’s All Journalism – Podcast #2 http://itsalljournalism.com/its-all-journalism-podcast-2/ http://itsalljournalism.com/its-all-journalism-podcast-2/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:40:28 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=212 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/its-all-journalism-podcast-2/feed/ 2 Ethan Klapper is the social media reporter at Huffington Post Politics. Prior to joining "HuffPo," Klapper was an online editor at the National Journal and wrote for Media Bistro's blog 10,000 Words. He was also a social media intern at the National J... Ethan Klapper is the social media reporter at Huffington Post Politics. Prior to joining "HuffPo," Klapper was an online editor at the National Journal and wrote for Media Bistro's blog 10,000 Words. He was also a social media intern at the National Journal in 2011 and interned for the Journal News in Westchester, N.Y. A native of Rye, N.Y., Klapper graduated from American University in 2011 with a degree in communications and journalism. It's All Journalism Producers Megan Cloherty and Michael O'Connell interview Klapper about how journalists can use social media effectively and what's going on with the 2012 Presidential Campaign.     Download This Episode Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 30:40 Podcast #2: Ethan Klapper, Huffington Post http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-2-ethan-klapper-huffington-post/ http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-2-ethan-klapper-huffington-post/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2012 18:08:52 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=172 Continue reading →

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]]> http://itsalljournalism.com/podcast-2-ethan-klapper-huffington-post/feed/ 1 000 Words,10,Ethan Klapper,Facebook,Huffington Post,HuffPo,It's All Journalism,journalism,Media Bistro,National Journal,social media,Twitter Ethan Klapper is a political and social media junkie. So, with the 2012 presidential election heating up, the Rye, N.Y., native is in the thick of things as Huffington Post's social media editor for politics. - Ethan Klapper is a political and social media junkie. So, with the 2012 presidential election heating up, the Rye, N.Y., native is in the thick of things as Huffington Post's social media editor for politics. "What goes out on social media is really becoming part of the story itself," Klapper said. "And I do sincerely think you are missing things if you are not following this kind of story on social media, especially with the elections." After the 2008 campaign, pundits were crediting much of Barack Obama's success on his mastery of social media. They predicted a mass adoption of social media by candidates, Facebook and beyond during subsequent elections. "I think you saw it very clearly in the 2010 mid-term elections, especially among Republicans who were trying to make up this big deficit that they had on digital campaigning and trying to match what the Democrats had put out in 2008," Klapper said. Through the summer, the two presidential campaigns have been hesitant in their postings on Twitter. "People are very message-conscious on the Internet, in general, in these campaigns," Klapper said. "And in the 24-second news-cycle we're in, any kind of weird posting, any kind of potentially off-message thing will get disected and will become immediately the story of the day. So people are very, very cautious. That's why you're seeing one tweet a day from the Romney campaign and not many more from the Obama campaign." That being said, there's still plenty of action for the political and social media junkie to follow, Klapper told It's All Journalism. Klapper's People to Follow on Twitter @clairecmc - Sen. Claire McKaskill (D-Mo.) @ChuckGrassley - Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) @RepDennisRoss - Rep. Dennis Ross (R-Fla.) @elizabethforma - Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) @ckanal - Craig Kanalley, senior editor, Huffington Post @mathewi - Mathew Ingram, senior writer, GigaOm @jayrosen_nyu - Jay Rosen, journalism professor, New York University @jeffjarvis - journalism professor, City University of New York Prior to joining "HuffPo," Klapper was an online editor at the National Journal and wrote for Media Bisto's blog 10,000 Words. He was also a social media intern at the National Journal in 2011 and interned for the Journal News in Westchester, N.Y. Klapper graduated from American University in 2011 with a degree in communications and journalism. Follow Klapper on Twitter: @HuffPostPol (Huffington Post Politics) and @ethanklapper Megan Cloherty, Anna Miars, Michael O'Connell, Julia O'Donoghue clean 30:40 Journalism in an instant http://itsalljournalism.com/journalism-in-an-instant/ http://itsalljournalism.com/journalism-in-an-instant/#comments Sun, 26 Aug 2012 21:17:17 +0000 ItsAllJournalism http://itsalljournalism.com/?p=165 Continue reading →

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