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Mobile Journalism in the Arab World

Mandy — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:56:46 +0000

I gave the following presentation on mobile journalism at the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) bootcamp in Cairo, Egypt. Following is a link to a document detailing the specific apps discussed in class, plus others to try out.

Mobile Journalism Tools- ICFJ View more presentations from Mandy Jenkins

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B.S. Detection for Journalists

Mandy — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:20:07 +0000

Eds Note 10/5: It was brought to my attention that the links in this slideshow are not clickable in the embed here. I included them all below this post.

Ever see a tip that’s too good to be true (it probably is) or a photo so amazing you just can’t believe it (don’t)? Sometimes you can’t just [...]

Lessons to be learned from TBD: International Edition

Mandy — Tue, 10 May 2011 20:18:39 +0000

During my professional sabbatical in the month of April, I had the opportunity to travel to Moscow, Russia to talk with Eurasian journalists about community engagement.

This is my name in Cyrillic!

On April 22-24, the New Eurasia Media Program held its annual International Conference, where I, along with other journalists and bloggers from around the world, shared [...]

Making community engagement an everyday process

Mandy — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 13:54:16 +0000

This presentation is aimed at reporters to help them better connect with audiences, brand themselves and work more efficiently in the social sphere. I hope others may find it helpful/interesting. [...]

Farewell, TBD: It was good while it lasted

Mandy — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:40:40 +0000

Today is my last day at TBD – so you’ll have to forgive a little bit of sappiness. I’m one of the last eliminated employees to depart and sticking around to watch everyone leave has been something of an emotional roller coaster.

The early days here, around when TBD launched, will always be a treasured bright spot in [...]

The next steps….

Mandy — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:39:34 +0000

It’s been just shy of a year since I posted about my decision to come to TBD. It was such an exciting time and such a great opportunity – I had no idea that less than a year later I’d be out the door and on to the next thing.

After I was laid off at TBD, [...]

Training: Intro to mobile journalism tools

Mandy — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:45:06 +0000

Last week, I taught a mobile journalism workshop as part of APME’s Newstrain seminar at the Newseum here in Washington, D.C. While I’m not a mobile journalist per se, I am a journalist that loves my smartphone. The class was aimed at those who are new to most mobile news gathering, reporting and publishing apps and [...]

Four key things TBD did right

Mandy — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:33:36 +0000

Despite how it all ended, there are positive lessons to be gleaned from TBD's build, launch and brief life. Here's a few things I hope other news orgs won't shy away from trying in the future [...]

TBD to eliminate most staffers, including yours truly

Mandy — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 21:36:51 +0000

I don't really know what my next step will be in the world post-TBD, but I ask that you keep me and my soon-to-be-unemployed colleagues in your thoughts [...]

Transcript: What does a social media editor do?

Mandy — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:09:06 +0000

Here’s the transcript of my journalism jobs chat on Poynter.org Tuesday. There were a lot of great questions about what I do as a social media editor, the workflow, metrics, handling criticism and managing corrections.

We had more than 200 participants and more questions that I could get to in one sitting. If anyone has a question [...]