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How To Think About the New News? Listen to Best Buy
Watch this video, and while you’re doing it, substitute Best Buy’s products for news and it’s brand/stores with a news organization. Everything Best Buy CMO Barry Judge talks about Best Buy doing this or that, think about how a news organization can do or think similarly. What did you think? Related PostsMove around to get the most out [...]The Rumors are True! Shawn Smith Now Unemployed!
Well, not exactly unemployed. Starting today, I’m self-employed :-P Today is my last day serving as senior producer for MLive.com. My video explainer (turn your volume all the way up – sorry about that) WHERE I’M GOING Since 2007 I’ve been working on my own internet marketing group with three others. We started by building websites for small and [...]Dear Journalism Students: Do You See Something the Journalism Industry Doesn’t?
Forbes reports that while news agencies across the U.S. are slashing budgets and payrolls, journalism schools are actually filling up. Who knew? Says Forbes about J-School applications: Columbia, Stanford and NYU applications increased 38%, 20% and 6%, respectively, from the previous year. Same thing at state schools. The University of Colorado (up 11%), University of North Carolina (up [...]Your In-Depths Can’t Keep My Interest – The Real Problem of Long Articles Online and What To Do About It
Ever notice how the most interesting articles online seem to command too much of your time? Have you ever stopped reading a long article online because you saw that it was paginated into 8 clicks? ‘Ugh, 8? That’s just too much,’ you might have thought. If you’re anything like me, this happens to you all [...]Jon Stewart’s Skewing of CNBC Sends Message You Don’t Need a Journalism Degree or Newspaper Experience to be a Journalist
Are we there yet? Have we finally arrived at the realization that the world’s journalists don’t need a j-school degree and newspaper experience to be considered a journalists? If you’re still teetering on the edge, start first by watching Jon Stewart’s skewering of CNBC analysts: You can read the play-by-play of the segment as relayed by Columbia [...]Shawn Smith's Page
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- What news organization do you work for?
- MLive.com
- About Me:
- Senior news producer at MLive.com, the online arm of Booth Newspapers. Writer of new media blog http://www.newmediabytes.com, Communications and marketing director at http://www.optimalwebworks.com, a web design and marketing firm specializing in the web presence of businesses. Once ran my own video blog (Big Food little kitchen), but now focusing less on multimedia and more on promotion and production of content.
- Website:
- http://www.newmediabytes.com
Shawn Smith's Blog
'What are the essential components to a good newspaper website?'
I got a message college listserv today from a designer who is looking to score an online news job. They posed the question of what are the "essential components of a good newspaper website?" and what are your favorite online news sites.
I responded that no one newspaper website is the same, as most have different audiences, which call for different functions.
I did say that newspaper websites need to optimize their content to be found by search engines and they need to make their content share… Continue
I responded that no one newspaper website is the same, as most have different audiences, which call for different functions.
I did say that newspaper websites need to optimize their content to be found by search engines and they need to make their content share… Continue
Posted on February 24, 2008 at 12:24pm —
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I really like how when I comment on a blog post, thread, group or do just about anything, when someone responds to me in any way, I get an email. It's great!
I've seen this a few times on Wordpress (sign up for comment updates).
Does anyone know the comment follow-up plugin for Wordpress? Please point me in the right direction.
I've seen this a few times on Wordpress (sign up for comment updates).
Does anyone know the comment follow-up plugin for Wordpress? Please point me in the right direction.
Posted on January 30, 2008 at 12:05pm — 9 Comments
Are you experiencing web socializing overload?
I think I've got a problem. I work on the web all day, and then I come home and work more on the web (on my own outside projects).
Between my two jobs, I write my blog and participate in social networks, and TWITTER. Now that I've discovered Twhirl, I've got an even bigger problem. It's hard to pull myself away.
At the same time, I've gotten burned out on some n… Continue
Between my two jobs, I write my blog and participate in social networks, and TWITTER. Now that I've discovered Twhirl, I've got an even bigger problem. It's hard to pull myself away.
At the same time, I've gotten burned out on some n… Continue
Posted on January 29, 2008 at 3:43pm — 11 Comments
Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 12:17am on March 26, 2008,
angelique said… - Hello there,
I just came across you on this platform. Perhaps you would be interested in joining the reportwitters group that I have just created. We're a bunch of twittering reporters. For the moment, we stream our Tweets in a communal newsroom on www.reporTwitters.com and http://twitter.com/newsroom. There are over 80 of us and I am trying to get some collaboration going. Feel free to read our blog too http://blog.reportwitters.com. We're also on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=824064048.
Regards,
Angelique van Engelen
- At 5:29pm on February 21, 2008,
Chrys Wu said… - Thanks for the Steve Rubel and Steve Safran suggestions, Jeff. I'll pitch them to the rest of the ONA conference planning team.
To other commenters below, what's the best conference you've ever been to? (Discussion group is here)
- At 6:24pm on January 24, 2008,
Angela Grant said… - I've only met Eric briefly at a meeting about a long-term project. I don't really get to work with him much. But yes, I liked him!
- At 4:25pm on January 24, 2008,
Eiji Yamashita said… - My complements to your page's skin - very nostalgic, somehow. Keep up your good work in cold, cold Mid West.
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