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2000 strong at Wired Journalists

So many milestones this week… Here’s another one:  Wired Journalists now has more than 2000 members. The Ning-powered social network that Howard Owens, Zac Echola, and I created back in January has exceeded our expectations, in terms of numbers, interaction, community, and the learning/teaching that’s going on there. Plus, it’s really bringing some people out of the woodwork. I’m [...]

The Challenge

I’m proud to announce that ReportingOn won a Knight News Challenge grant. I’m in Las Vegas at the E&P Interactive Media Conference for the announcement of all the winners. Yesterday, Brein McNamara, another News Challenge winner, said more or less that we’re all in over our heads to some extent. That’s the right idea. We’re supposed to [...]

Expand your media blogosphere today

Like many readers of blogs about the news business, I started big. As in, with the big guys, the heavy hitters, the bloggers who showed up in Romenesko and were hard to ignore. The Jays and Jeffs and Dans of the media blog world. I’ve dramatically expanded my reading list since then, but meeting [...]
 

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Profile

What news organization do you work for?
GateHouse Media
Which of these best describes your day job?
Corporate Evangelist
About Me:
I've been a student journalist, a web developer and designer, a reporter, an online editor, and now I'm responsible for giving hundreds of small town newspaper.coms the tools they need to succeed on the Web.

Any questions? You can usually find me on AIM, Yahoo, Google Talk, or Twitter: ryansholin

I'm easy enough to find on Flickr and Facebook as well.
Website:
reportingon.com
Blog:
ryansholin.com
LinkedIn Profile:
www.linkedin.com/in/ryansholin
Twitter:
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See you in Vegas?

If, by any chance, any of the 1989 (!) of you will be at the E&P Interactive conference in Las Vegas this week, shoot me an e-mail or direct message on Twitter and we'll throw down a cup of coffee or other liquid in between sessions.

Posted on May 12th, 2008 at 9:05pm — No Comments (Add)

Why maintain a personal brand?

I've encouraged reporters to go out and get themselves a blog and start participating online in every social network that interests them, and maybe a few that don't, because you never know who you'll find there. But as you're jumping into the fray online to build up a body of work and try your hand at new technologies, remember to make it easy for your friends, colleagues, readers, sources, and potential employers to know who you are and how to reach you. File this under "maintaining a persona… Continue

Posted on March 17th, 2008 at 8:40pm — 1 Comment (Add)

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Follow wiredj on Twitter for a few updates from the 'latest activity' feed every 30 minutes or so.

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What's News To You?

When I'm evangelizing the New Media mindset and skillset out in the wild, I often start the conversation by asking folks what they think of as "News." Here's how I start my day:
  1. GMail
  2. Google News or Yahoo News or NYTimes.com
  3. Twitter (replies first)
  4. Google Reader (shared items first)
  5. Facebook
  6. Local newspaper site
  7. Work e-mail
  8. IM client
All of these provide me with "News," so what does that mean for the traditional… Continue

Posted on February 27th, 2008 at 6:36am — 5 Comments (Add)

About the Feedstream

You may have noticed the long list of links on the left side of the WiredJournalists.com front page. Those links and blog posts come from a wide swath of blogs about the past, present and future of news. Most of the folks behind these blogs are members here. Here's the current list of sources (in no particular order after the top three). If you want to add your blog to the stream, just send me a private message on WJ.com with the URL of your feed.… Continue

Posted on February 19th, 2008 at 8:30pm — No Comments (Add)

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At 12:27pm on May 7th, 2008, Sarah Corbitt said…
Hey, Ryan!

Where do I go with support questions. I think my account may not be working right.
At 8:54am on May 1st, 2008, Jack Olmsted said…
Hey Ryan,

> What brought me to WJ?

I'm interested in networking with journalists working in the Web 2.0 environment.

Why did you start WJ and how is the weather in Santa Cruz?

At the moment, I'm producing an online talk radio show. Would you be available for an interview?

-Jack
At 10:36am on April 3rd, 2008, Dan Schawbel said…
Thanks for creating this group! I just joined today.
At 3:04am on March 26th, 2008, Pierre Lourens said…
Thanks for the welcome :).

So I know there are a million and a half resources out there about journalism, but do you have any "must-read" websites in regards to journalism or j-school?
At 10:57pm on March 25th, 2008, angelique said…
Hi,
I read you comment about your beat based Twitter project. Is there a URL to the project??
Regards,
Angelique
At 6:24pm on March 25th, 2008, Pierre Lourens said…
Hey Ryan,
I recently discovered your blog, and I am rooting through all the archives now. Thanks to you and some of your colleagues, I am considering journalism as a career.

Pierre
At 12:19pm on March 23rd, 2008, angelique said…
Hi Ryan,
I saw you linked a few times to the reporTwitters blog and am visiting you here now. Cool stuff you've got going on! Are you participating in any Color Games yet (on Twitter).
Will check out your blog some more the next days. Plus will befriend you here.
Cherio,
Angelique van Engelen
At 11:24am on March 12th, 2008, Ramón Pedrosa-López said…
Hi Ryan,
Loved your blog.
Best
Ra
At 10:05am on March 6th, 2008, Ryan Pitts said…
Yep, we bought Ellington and licensed the source code, so by the time we're done I'm sure we'll end up with some sort of hybrid. But all Django-powered, baby ;)
At 9:03pm on March 2nd, 2008, Cliff Hutson said…
Hi Ryan,

Thank you for the welcome, glad that you liked my attempt at humor.

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