Interesting stuff I saw online, Aug. 26 to Sep. 9
Here’s some of the stuff I thought was interesting while stomping through the Internet from Aug. 26 through Sep. 9:
- The newsroom view of user content revealed – Well, this isn't really a surprise. Most journalists find user-generated content a distraction.
- Social Media: Fighting the Fear – Good piece reinforcing the ways individuals (and, particularly, businesses) can get past the fear of social media.
- Measuring the Value of Social Marketing and Media – "While social marketing was originally developed from the desire companies had to capitalize on commercial marketing techniques, it has evolved into a more integrative and comprehensive discipline that draws on a wide array of technology, from the traditional media to new media referred to as 'social media.'"
- ‘Skanky’ Blogging, Anonymity and What’s Right – More helpful fodder for those of us who are constantly fending off attacks on the ability for readers to post anonymously. I was particularly fond of your point, “People who’d ban anonymity don’t seem to realize that it’s technically impossible unless we’re willing to turn over all of our communications in every venue to a central authority — a system that would herald the end of liberty.”
It’s a point I’ve made often to anyone who will listen. Even Facebook, which prides itself on “requiring” real names, can live up to that requirement.
Interesting stuff I saw online, Jun. 23 to Jul. 24
Here’s some of the stuff I thought was interesting while stomping through the Internet from Jun. 23 through Jul. 24:
- Show Us the Money: How Social Media Engagement is Paying Off – Blog – Standing Partnership – "Those brands that were the most engaged saw their revenue grow over the past year by 18% while the least engaged brands saw losses of negative 6%."
- News Websites in Texas and Kentucky Invoke Shield Laws for Online Commenters – "This week brings word of two new cases testing whether state shield laws apply to user comments posted on news websites."
- CNN’s iReport attracts nearly 4,000 submissions on Iranian elections | Journalism.co.uk Editors’ Blog – The role of amateurs has been significant in coverage of the Iranian elections.
- Four crowdsourcing lessons from the Guardian’s (spectacular) expenses-scandal experiment Nieman Journalism Lab – "Journalism has been crowdsourced before, but it’s the scale of the Guardian’s project — 170,000 documents reviewed in the first 80 hours, thanks to a visitor participation rate of 56 percent — that’s breathtaking."
Interesting stuff I saw online, Mar. 30 to Apr. 20
Here’s some of the stuff I thought was interesting while stomping through the Internet from Mar. 30 through Apr. 20:
- Chicago Tribune: Newspapers try to maintain civil, intelligent conversations with readers – News organizations increasingly are trying to figure out how to maintain conversations with readers while keeping the discourse civil and thoughtful. The reality is, love it or not, if readers aren't allowed to chat on your Web site, they'll simply go somewhere else to do it.
- Listening to the Dot-Comments – washingtonpost.com – Doug Feaver, "writing in defense of the anonymous, unmoderated, often appallingly inaccurate, sometimes profane, frequently off point and occasionally racist reader comments that washingtonpost.com allows to be published at the end of articles and blogs." It's a wonderful column.
- Leading your staff into the Twitterverse « Transforming the Gaz – Steve Buttry's beginner's list for journo-Twitterers: "This is the tip sheet I will suggest that editors read after the seminar. While this is geared for top newsroom leaders, some of the advice should be helpful to any journalists who are not experienced with Twitter."
- 10,000 Words' Landmark moments in citizen journalism – 10,000 Words: "Depending on whom you ask, citizen journalism is either pushing journalism forward or is unaccountable vigilantism. Either way, it is shaping the way we consume our news….The following is a timeline of events in which ordinary citizens shaped the news, followed by an analog description of each landmark moment."
The interesting stuff I saw online, Feb. 4
Here’s some of the stuff I thought was interesting while stomping through the Internet on Feb. 4 from 8:59 am to 7:01 pm:
- Five years of Facebook: How it redefined what we consider “news” – Nieman Journalism Lab: "Zuckerberg, who had initially played down the scope of his site, realized that Facebook wasn’t a tool for keeping track of news made somewhere else. It was a tool for making news right there, on Facebook."
- University of Kentucky launches free citizen journalism classes – Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog: "The four workshops, which are open to members of the local Lexington community, will teach the basics of journalism (e.g. how to find a news story and how to write it), as well as exploring ethical and legal issues."
- Did you buy a newspaper yesterday? – Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog: "It was a bid to help the US’s ailing newspaper industry: Buy A Newspaper Day. It had a Facebook group and everything. Unfortunately, 19,397 people said they weren’t attending. "
- Why newspapers should manage more like Twitter and less like GM – Nieman Journalism Lab on how Twitter's ancestor company changed to adapt to the market and became Twitter: "Note: 'Reinvent ourselves.' Not: 'Cut back on our staff a bit more every few months and hope the current business model can survive.' Not: 'Maintain a belief that we had a good product, damn it, a valuable product, and there will always be someone who wants it.' 'Reinvent ourselves.'"
- Stop the irrational negativity: Newspapers are not dead – Yelvington.com: "Let's get some perspective. In spite of the worst economy since Roosevelt, many U.S. newspapers are still turning profits in the 15-20 percent range, and the U.S. newspaper industry is still turning around 50 billion dollars of gross revenue every year."
- 25 Most Shocking Crimes in Social Media History | Masters in Criminal Justice – "There is a dangerous and corrupt side to social media creators and users; however, and the ability to create fake profiles and violate privacy and copyright rules is still more than possible. Read below for 25 of the most shocking crimes in social media history."
Interesting stuff I saw online, Jan. 15 to Jan. 17
Here’s some of the stuff I thought was interesting while stomping through the Internet from Jan. 15 through Jan. 17:
- Is Citizen Journalist Coverage of a Plane Crash More Important Than a Plane Crash? – “Is the rise of citizen journalism one of the best outgrowths of the digital age? Absolutely. But the phenomenon is so thoroughly embedded in the way stories break now that stories about citizen journalists covering stories seem passe.” — BNET Media Blog
- Social Media Steals the Show in NY Plane Crash – “Photographs showing Flight 1549′s emergency landing began popping up on social networking sites like Facebook and microblogging services like Twitter and Tumblr well before national news reports caught wind of the story. And for Web users who were at work, out of the office, or otherwise far from a TV, social media remained their sole source for updates on the story.” — InternetNews Realtime IT News
- South Carolina Legislator Seeks to Criminalize Profanity in Public – “Has Senator Ford ever heard of the First Amendment?” — Citizen Media Law Project
- Create a code-free Google map with tabs in 3 steps | graphic designr – “You can now create a map with tabbed map windows — still without messing with code. Click on the markers in this map of places President Abraham Lincoln lived and traveled in Illinois to see the tabbed windows. Here’s how to make your own.”
Kurt's Tweets- Bravo. RT @pwthornton: "Banning unsigned online comments undermines the media’s role as a forum for debate.” http://bit.ly/bmZsOn
- I would like to just take the two steps forward and skip the one step back. How about that? Would that be OK?
- Still seeking talented journalists to run #Patch sites in two south St. Louis County communities. Know anyone? http://ow.ly/2Axnv
- Waiting for a listings collector to give her more #Patch marketing cards. The work never stops.
- Realizing how woefully out of touch I have been with this part of the county. (@ Saint Louis Bread Company) http://4sq.com/5z5Bfh