Zombie Journalism

Thanks to Facebook’s near-constant changes to their privacy settings, it’s tough to keep documentation on them up to date. In preparation for staff training here at TBD, I’ve completely overhauled these resources for anyone wishing to use Facebook for their professional journalism uses as well as their personal lives. I hope you’ll find these useful. [...]

It’s downright amazing what you can find out from Twitter’s formidable search engine. Here’s just some of what you can do with Twitter’s publicly available feeds:
• See what’s happening on your beat: Basic, but no less awesome. Follow the Twitter feeds of any agencies, officials and other contacts on your beat.
• Find people on the scene or [...]

I’ve had a bunch of links sitting around I meant to share forever ago, but they fell through the cracks. So if they seem a little late, well, too bad.
Cool Stuff

A lot of sites (Cincinnati.Com included) have been running with the idea of expanding data coverage on local crime, but the Knight News [...]

Here’s a collection of great tips and how-tos I’ve found lately you might find helpful if you want to break into media – or break out. Includes tips on YouTube, data mapping, UGC, training and starting your own blog.

A few notable bits of news on social media, Google’s developments, news start-ups and more I wanted to pass on before this week really jumps off.

Today’s recommended reading is largely based around my current project compiling demographics data on Facebook and Twitter.

Recommended links from Twitter data mining and visualizations to a Twitter client for journalists, more hand-wringing from “the establishment” and tips on social media policies.

These are my recommended links for April 24th through May 5th from Twitter tips to new online tools and industry news.