September 17, 2010
Posted by Jen Reeves
I spoke to a large classroom today – it’s a presentation I do each semester for a course that’s best known as “journalism for non-journalism major.” I usually get up in front of the class, talk about the new and incredible developments in social media and hope that at least oner person gives me eye [...]
September 2, 2010
Posted by Jen Reeves
I often speak to classes about ways to build your personal brand… and I consider blogs as the core of that brand building process. A blog is a space to share your brain, your interests or at least examples of your professional work. The more you post and share and collaborate, the easier it is [...]
August 30, 2010
Posted by Jen Reeves
(I just posted this to my class site… and thought I’d share here as well) I try to stay up to date on a lot of things at the same time. Often when I stumble onto something that may be really useful, I don’t have enough time to really dig in and read it. So [...]
August 12, 2010
Posted by Jen Reeves
****VOTE for our SXSW2011 panel: Just click here for the details about “Six Ways Social Media Can Invigorate Journalism Education”**** ————————————————— I’m going to share some brainstorming I’m doing as I prepare for the upcoming semester. I’ve decided to make a shift in my class. I’ve spent a lot of time trying to make sure [...]
July 30, 2010
Posted by Jen Reeves
I’m thrilled to be able to start sharing my thoughts and perspectives to people who are interested in journalism and education in PBS’s MediaShift blog. I’ve been able to get to know the blog’s manager, Mark Glaser, through social media and Reynolds Journalism Institute events. We’ve talked about me joining in on the mix for [...]
July 28, 2010
Posted by Jen Reeves
I lost focus. It’s summer break. I taught during the first half of the summer session and took a FANTASTIC vacation with the family. I followed that up with a not-so-fantastic knee surgery to reconstruct my left ACL and meniscus. (Not fun.) So I’m finally emerging from the fog of vacation and knee pain medication. [...]
June 22, 2010
Posted by Jen Reeves
I brought my newsroom into Facebook long before “fan” pages were created. I knew it would be a space to share and interact with our audience. During breaking news, bad weather and interesting stories everyone wants to talk about, it’s a great place to interact. I have seen a growing participation in our small market [...]
May 15, 2010
Posted by Jen Reeves
There were incredible discussions of privacy during SXSW this year. Dana Boyd led the entire event with a keynote speech about privacy. (You can read what she told the crowd here… It’s worth the read.) Since then, I’ve seen more and more people discuss and post thoughts on privacy. Even Craig Newmark of Craigslist threw [...]
May 1, 2010
Posted by Jen Reeves
We all know journalism is at a turning point. Financially speaking it’s difficult to keep a newsroom running in a traditional sense and journalists have always been underpaid. Add in the lack of profits these days and you’ll find more and more people leaving the industry. Quite often the people who leave are the people [...]
April 26, 2010
Posted by Jen Reeves
My newsroom finally launched its first Gowalla trip – the top 8 locations on the University of Missouri campus: We’ll see how it goes, but this is just the first one. I’m hoping to add more branding with the support of the Gowalla team. After that, I hope to add a walking tour of the [...]
