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News Leadership 3.0
May 15, 2012
At Content Creators, journalists practice their craft and get paid
By Julia Scott
Tim Collie stumbled upon a universal truth while building his news startup, Content Creators. “Most people don’t like their website.” The design is bad, or they don’t know how to upload videos. The content stagnates, and the site becomes a calling card appended with excuses.
OJR: The Online Journalism Review
May 16, 2012
How to use your interviewing skills to trend on Twitter
By Robert Niles: Journalists can be their own worst enemies when they try to interact with their audience online. If you think that the online medium somehow fundamentally changes the way that people interact, and that you need to adopt a new set of principles for interviewing and interacting with people online, you're just setting yourself up for ...
May 15, 2012
Mobile for community media workshop in NYC this weekend
On May 18-19, the Knight Digital Media Center-USC and the City University of New York are offering a special workshop on mobile opportunities for publishers of community and ethnic media outlets in the New York metro area.
This event is invitation-only, but the workshop resources are available to anyone online…
April 24, 2012
MJ Bear ONA digital journalism fellowships: Applications open
This week the Online News Association began accepting applications for the 2012 MJ Bear Fellowships—which offer three young digital journalists mentoring and connections to support their efforts and vision…
FEATURED SEMINAR
Special mobile news workshop for executives and journalism educators
The KDMC Mobile Symposium is a traveling training session for news professionals and journalism educators. We cover emerging mobile opportunities for journalism and the news business, as well as key mobile tools and skills. We also discuss how to teach mobile in journalism school. So far, this symposium has been offered at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Montana-Missoula. It features talks and exercises by experts in mobile technology and media, mobile marketing, mobile reporting, and teaching mobile journalism. Archived resources include speaker slides plus additional tips and links.
Community Foundation Newsletter
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KDMC Digital Partners
- KCJA, May 8, 2012
More than 100 Mexican journalists participate in online training on safety strategies - KCJA, April 26, 2012
Technological challenges for newsrooms debated at 5th Ibero-American Colloquium on Digital Journalism - KCJA, April 26, 2012
Largest-ever Int'l. Symposium on Online Journalism spotlights evolving media industry and innovation in newsrooms
- J-Lab, March 19, 2012
News Entrepreneurs vs. Traditional Journalism at SXSW 2012 named among top 15 SXSW panels for journalists by Boston Phoenix. - J-Lab, March 6, 2012
$56,000 Awarded to Four Women-Led News Projects - J-Lab, February 8, 2012
Some 780 news sites were asked how they are engaging their audiences. Survey results coming soon.
Twitter Roll Call
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@NeimanLabNiemanLab: Flipboard teams up with NPR to keep the app users "flipping" a lot longer http://t.co/ZORwIQQo |
@jayrosen_nyuPaul Krugman sends a wicked memo to the Washington bureau of the New York Times. http://t.co/dNpojlVr |
@knightfdnFor those wondering about #newschallenge on networks, winners will be announced June 18 @civicmit conference http://t.co/Qs6Dttgm |
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