So, that was fun.
If you have noticed the lack of posting around here, it is because my friend Chris Wink and I have been traveling Europe while podcasting our advice along the way over at We Dont Speak the Language. Im back now, and if you are looking for some sort of summary of the [...]
Category Archives: Tips
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Nov
08
08
Lessons learned from podcasting, and time to start “real life”
Wed
Dec
05
05
SimplyRSS adds RSS imports to Facebook pages
In my “How to leverage Facebook” post I mentioned how to create a Facebook page for your newspaper. I also complained that the lack of RSS support was a problem.
SimplyRSS has solved that problem by adding page functionality, and I am currently using SimplyRSS for The Temple News. I suggest adding your paper’s [...]
Tue
Dec
04
04
Mark Deuze speaks at Temple, watch the videos
Today, I had the pleasure of hearing one of the bloggers I read speak today. What was better is I got paid for it.
Mark Dueze , media theorist and writer of Deuzeblog, stopped by Temple Multimedia Urban Reporting Lab (where I work) to speak to the students and to promote his new book MediaWork. [...]
Sun
Nov
18
18
The 4 secrets to being the “web guy”
While the knowledge of code makes online journalism much easier, I have to say that to be considered a “computer savvy journalist” the only things you really need to know are the following:
You are the one who should enable cool things to happen. Being an online editor or good online reporter is taking the [...]
Tue
Jul
03
03
5 “how to” posts that have gotten my attention
Much is said about new media, but specific tutorials/guides are few and far between. Some of my favorites lately:
The best Firefox extensions for online news producers – Joe Murphy, who I interviewed way back when, introduced me to a few extensions I didn’t know existed.
How to edit audio – From Multimedia reporter, Ron shows a [...]