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Citizen Journalism Is Booming In Egypt and The Middle East, Despite Serious Risks

Mandy — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:43:24 +0000

Citizen journalism is thriving in Egypt and the Middle East in the wake of the Arab Spring. While the news availability may be spreading, there are still dire consequences for citizen journalists for writing negative posts about the wrong parties. It's humbling to find how much some are willing to risk. [...]

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 [...]

New media ethics, same as old media ethics

Mandy — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 13:36:33 +0000

Earlier this week, the Patch site in Palo Alto apologized after a freelancer plagiarized a story from another website. An apology posted on the site stated that copy was lifted from VentureBeat, an online tech news site. It doesn’t state if the freelancer will continue to work for the site, but the apology includes this:

The writer has been [...]

A Beginner’s Guide to Location-Based Services

Mandy — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:15:33 +0000

A very basic overview of Foursquare, Gowalla and other location-based services, including a glossary and tips for use. [...]

Need-to-Know Twitter Tips for Journalists

Mandy — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:46:03 +0000

As we’re hiring new staff members for every position from web producers to listings editors and transit reporters, a lot of my job at TBD will be devoted to bringing all those new hires – plus some of our existing staff from News Channel 8 and WJLA – up to speed on social media tools and [...]

A new media how-to roundup

Mandy — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:33:27 +0000

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. [...]

Twitterizing your staff

Mandy — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:27:50 +0000

Steve Buttry, the Information Content Conductor (how's THAT for a title?) at Gazette Communications in Iowa is holding a webinar entitled "Leading Your staff Into the Twitterverse" through the American Society of Newspaper Editors. [...]

Get your own training

Mandy — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:42:02 +0000

10,000 Words has a great post today that compiles a decent list of online resources where a journalist can get hands-on multimedia training (and most of them are free).

I’m a full-time journalist and I know it’s practically impossible to find free time to do more work. Whenever you have the chance – maybe when you run [...]