So you have a small news site, but no technical resources to do all the exciting web 2.0 stuff? Here are five great tools any news site can use to add interactivity to your content. And I promise: No programming required!
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5 simple ways to engage users on a small news site
by John Einar Sandvand on October 11, 2009 · 7 comments
The death of the newspaper … and other links
by John Einar Sandvand on September 28, 2009 · 0 comments
Popular online media topics on Twitter last week include: The death of the newspaper, practical tips for social journalism and how journalists can launch their own sites.
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10 practical tips for social journalism
by John Einar Sandvand on September 19, 2009 · 4 comments
News rooms need to engage in social media. But how? Here are 10 steps suggested by JD Lasica, president of Socialmedia.biz.
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The top 5 web trends in 2009
by John Einar Sandvand on September 16, 2009 · 0 comments
ReadWriteWeb has done its annual State of the Web. Here are the top 5 web trends in 2009, according to the highly respected technology blog.
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Why newsrooms should innovate
by John Einar Sandvand on September 8, 2009 · 1 comment
Newsrooms must innovate – and in this video slide series you get a lot of tips about why and how. The videos are made by CoPress to inspire journalists in college papers, but I think many of their points are just as valid for professional newsrooms.
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Young people are flooding in to Twitter
by John Einar Sandvand on September 2, 2009 · 2 comments
It was close to an established truth: Twitter has been mostly for grown-ups. Yet that seems now to change. Recent numbers from Comscore demonstrates how the younger age groups now have the highest growth on Twitter.
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How journalists use Twitter
by John Einar Sandvand on July 28, 2009 · 7 comments
One in two journalists have used Twitter, according to a new survey in Norway. Twitter is used both as a research tool, a source for story ideas and a way to connect to readers.
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The disaggregation of news
by John Einar Sandvand on July 26, 2009 · 7 comments
Traditionally news were always presented in neatly edited packaged. No more. In web 2.0 the individual news story frequently becomes more important than the edited package. What does this mean for news providers?
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How should news sites use Twitter?
by John Einar Sandvand on May 30, 2009 · 1 comment
The New York Times appointed a new social media editor – Jennifer Preston – this week. On Twitter suggestions for how the NYT should use Twitter poured in. Here are ten of the best suggestions she received.
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The future of news
by John Einar Sandvand on May 29, 2009 · 0 comments
I want to share with you this interesting video with Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief of The Guardian, in which he discusses the future of news and how journalism is transforming.
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