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 better serve and interact with their audience. But Gardiner has one caveat. “I think that we have to start…
#17 – Clinton Yates, Washington Post Express and Root D.C., enhances his reporting on multiple platforms
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…
#16 – Jim Brady talks digital first, sustainability and fearless journalism
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…
#15 – Can digital novels teach print journalism how to thrive 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…
#14 – Lisa Skube & Emily Harris, Journalism Accelerator
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….
Bonus Podcast – Alexander Howard, O’Reilly Media
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…