Archive for February, 2010

Poynter follow-up: Tracking local audiences with social media

I want to thank everyone for the great feedback following yesterday’s doubleheader of webinar and live chat at Poynter (and Howard and Ellyn for inviting me). There were too many questions to answer and many of them focused on local implications and opportunities regarding social media. So following up on the discussion, let me offer […]

Making the move from enabler to empowerment

By Matt Neznanski Newsroom activists have to do a lot of arm-waving and hand-holding to get reporters to try new ways to tell stories. Sure, newsroom culture and fear have sunk many a well-intentioned multimedia package and most organizations still make online fight for a place at the assignment desk. But sometimes the big hurdle […]