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Background in journalism and communications with training in new media, public relations, and design. Trade publication editor, community journalist, musician, expert social media amateur and overall life enthusiast.



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Entry-level: Benjamin Brown

Entry-level is a new series profiling those who are working their first media jobs out of college. Want to be featured? Send an e-mail to d.ceceliamartinez [at] gmail [dot] com with a photo and answers to the questions below.

Founder and CEO Benjamin Brown

Name: Benjamin Brown (@RedLeader656)

Location: Albany, NY

Gig: Founder and CEO, New Hand Media

Education: The [...]

RTDNA Social Media/Blogging Guide for Newsrooms

If I’ve learned anything (and I hope that I have) from reading blogs, goofing around on Twitter and attending the Social Media Breakfast – Tech Valley events, it’s that social media can be a rocket launcher for businesses, organizations and individuals.

However, while social media can definitely be a useful tool for a reporter, the implications [...]

Ethics for Evolving Journalism

Yes? No? Maybe?

Mashable had an interesting article last week about the 8 Must-Have Traits of Tomorrow’s Journalist.  The post focused heavily on the importance of being more than just a journalist. Tomorrow’s journalists will have to be journalists/programmers/photographers/videographers/designers/social media experts and more, and this Mashable article is just another one driving that point home.

There [...]