A follow-up to my previous post about a Miami reporter who used an iPhone to tape an entire news story. In a recent Al’s Morning Meeting memo, Al Tompkins writes about a St. Petersburg Times photojournalist who shot a weekend
The “older” face of Facebook
Where will the “young” crowd go now that Facebook is attracting an “older” generation of users? Will they bolt for a hipper social networking site; one where adults aren’t allowed? New research indicates that users of Facebook, which once only
Twitter imposters
You knew it wouldn’t take long for pranksters to start creating Twitter accounts using the names of well-known companies or high-profile figures. As The Chronicle of Higher Education reported, some Twitter users who thought they were following college presidents have
YouTube offers pointers for citizen journalists
For all those folks who want to be citizen journalists, YouTube has launched the Reporters’ Center, a channel with pointers from journalism pros, including Katie Couric and Bob Woodward. With the explosion of new media and technology, we’re seeing average
How did you first hear about Michael Jackson’s death?
How did you first hear about the death of Michael Jackson? From TV or one of your favorite online newspapers sites? Odds are you might have received the first word about the death via a social networking site such as
Bloggers vs Mainstream Media
While most blogs remains relatively unknown, there’s little denying nowadays that a number of high-profile bloggers are getting noticed – and not just in the blogosphere. For example, Huffington Post and Instapundit are two blogs that are actually challenging the
Flying solo in the field
2009 A follow-up to my last blog post about one-man-band reporting, which isn’t going away anytime soon. In fact, since it’s becoming more of the norm, reporters who are used to having a photographer are now trying to navigate flying
A new way to one-man-band report: the iPhone?!
2009 For news videographers who remember the days of shooting stories on film, an article I recently came across might have your head spinning. A producer at WFOR, the CBS affiliate in Miami, taped an entire story the other day
Think before you Tweet
2009 Perhaps someone needs to write a guide for the correct conduct when posting tweets. We’ve heard about netiquette. What about Twittiquette? Twitter and other social media are powerful tools for spreading your voice and connecting with folks around the
Theory behind jumping on the new media “bandwagon”
2009 So have you jumped on the Twitter or blogging bandwagon yet? Are you an early adopter of new technology or “a laggard?” A slacker as I like to call them. There’s a theory that helps to explain how new