Archive for April, 2009
Twitter Contains News, But It’s Not a News Source
I just read an article describing Twitter’s role in perpetuating rumors and poor information since news of the global swine flu outbreak broke. In this regard, the Web is actually a gift to journalism. Content is exploding, allowing journalists to do what they do best – vet, think, create and explain.
Full StoryAn NBC Correspondent’s Path to Twitter
These days, NBC’s Luke Russert manages to tweet on occasion, but he wasn’t always on the micro-blogging site. In fact, he was a bit of a late adopter. Eventually when he did join, he sent me a DM crediting me and anchor David Shuster with getting him to sign up. This post describes how it happened.
Full StoryInterviews: Video is King
Each time I watch one of Jun Loayza’s interviews I think about how this probably wouldn’t work as well in text. The same is basically true for almost any blogger who wants to feature an interview in a blog post. Video works better than print. Here are some reasons why.
Full StoryActor: Reality TV Star:: Journalist: Blogger?
Is journalism becoming a professional pipe dream like being a movie star? In the last few weeks, I observed two things that made me think that the “aspiring reporter” is starting to be thought of like the “aspiring actor.”
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