Posts Tagged ‘ twitter ’

Entry-level: Benjamin Brown

Founder and CEO 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 gmail com with a photo and answers to the questions below. Name: Benjamin Brown (@RedLeader656) Location: Albany, NY Gig: Founder and CEO, New Hand Media Education: The College of Saint Rose, 2009 Length of job search: My job search lasted months. During school, I was working for Apple Inc. as a computer tech at one of their retail stores. It was a great job and I was paid well, but there was so much that I felt I was missing. So, making one of the most important decisions of my life, I decided to quit my job and relocate to Charlotte, NC. It was there that I got a taste of the real world and how bad the economy actually is. I spent...

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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 of a social media presence for journalists and news organizations are still not entirely clear. The release of the Social Media and Blogging Guidelines today by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) is an effort to help those in the news media protect themselves against some of the pitfalls of social media. The guidelines focus on fairness, privacy and transparency and stress that when it comes to social media, nothing is private and journalists aren’t allowed to express personal opinions online — unless they want to open themselves up to complaints and...

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Ethics for Evolving Journalism

Ethics for Evolving Journalism

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 is one thing I would add to this list of must-haves – a rock solid sense of ethics. In today’s world of breaking news on twitter and citizen journalism, information may no longer go through an editorial process before reaching the public. While instant access to information as it is happening can be a great thing, it can also change the dynamics of traditional journalism ethics when it comes to reporting. Tiger Woods coverage aside, a recent example of this is the case of Tearah Moore, a solider from Michigan who tweeted during the shooting at...

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Student Journalists and Social Media

Student Journalists and Social Media

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 blogging, had 90 reservations within 5 hours. Attendees of these breakfasts come from a variety of different industries — many are media professionals looking to hone their skills, others are business professionals interested in finding out how social media can help them improve sales, increase their customer base, or develop their brand. Social media can uniquely benefit student journalists as well. Most student journalists are already using at least one form of social media in their personal lives, but social media can be invaluable when applied to work in journalism.  In addition to being another venue in which...

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