ARTICLES
Profiles in Courage: Social Media Editors at Big Media Outlets
Disregard the overblown title: the job of social media editor
doesn't require more courage than, say, the average working journalist these
days (or the average parent). Anyway, this article profiles four social
media editors at major news outlets: New York Times, Business Week,
NPR, and Globe and Mail.
For balance, see a critical view at the appointment of the N.Y. Times
social media editor, Jenifer Preston, from the
ReadWriteWeb blog, May 26, 2009.
WEBINARS
News University, a program
of Poynter Institute for Media Studies
(funded by the Knight Foundation),
offers courses in online media, among several other subject areas. Some courses
are free to members of the university, others cost around $25. Webinars include:
Innovations on the
Front Lines of Journalism (1 hour, $28). How news organizations and
independent start-ups use blogs, social media, and databases to do better
journalism.
10 Things You Can Do For Free on Your Web Site (1 hour, $25). Learn to use
tools for reader comments, mapping, mashups, presenting data, blogging, live
chats, breaking news video, Web analytics, and more; with minimum tech expertise
required.
Managing Comments on Your News Site (1 hour, $28) How to navigate ethical
concerns and foster a civil conversation online.
Flash for Journalists (1 hour, $25). How it works to create multi-media
storytelling.
Facebook for Journalists (1 hour, $25)
Online Media Law (1 hour)
Social Networks: Engage Users with News (1 hour, $25)
Social Networks: The New Architecture of the Web (1hour, $25)
What Makes a Great Blog: Principles for Success (1 hour, $25)
SnoozLooz
is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States
License.