Zombie Journalism

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 [...]

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

Recommended reading that’s mostly about Twitter this time – monetization models, the end of the “real” Colonel Tribune, Twitter grammar, tools and other fun stuff.

Recommended reading on online newspaper pay models and ideas for news providers looking to expand their use of 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.

Recommended links include an explainer on the difference between Facebook groups and pages, the new social media editor at the New York Times and some handy rules for social media.

These are my recommended links for the past couple of weeks (sorry, I’ve been busy!):

New ‘WSJ’ Conduct Rules Target Twitter, Facebook – These rules for WSJ staff could and should be applied at any news organization. You want your reporters to be out there in social media – but there’s so much potential for disaster [...]

Links and tips about Linked In profile recommendations, Google’s new profile function and the future of journalism education.

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

These are my recommended links for April 24th:

Colonel Tribune: Chicago’s Unlikely Social Media Pioneer – The story behind Colonel Tribune and the Trib’s successes int he social media sphere using such an unconventional idea.
Journalists on Twitter – Muck Rack – A listing of journalists currently on Twitter (and no, I haven’t added myself yet).