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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 [...]

Student Journalists and Social Media

Social media = conversation

In this week’s issue of Metroland is an article I wrote about the Social Media Breakfast – Tech Valley event series that has skyrocketed in popularity in only three events. The series has become so popular that the 4th event in the series, taking place on December 4th and focusing on [...]