April 25, 2009
Posted by Jen Reeves
I’m about to speak to a group of people attending the regional SPJ conference about making a good impression online. Here’s the slides… I’d love your thoughts about how you present yourself – or how you look at possible employees when you are searching online. Putting Your Best Foot Forward
April 24, 2009
Posted by Jen Reeves
I love to follow trends and as I dig deeper into the many ways to use social media in the news business, the more interesting it is to watch trends in this quickly changing world. The big talk I’m seeing right now is the difference between mindcasting and lifecasting. Mindcasting is when you broadcast what’s [...]
April 21, 2009
Posted by Jen Reeves
As I get closer to the end of this year’s RTNDA conference (soon to become RTDNA – Radio Television Digital News Association), I am leaving with a lot of topics that I would like to think about more. First, I was confronted by a long time journalist who basically yelled at me for my Twitter [...]
Posted by Jen Reeves
I attended a session with Chip Mahaney (@ChipMahaney on Twitter) during the second day of sessions at the RTNDA conference. He focused a lot on Facebook and Twitter. It was great to hear what he had to say and really reminded me how important it is to focus on the social networking tools that people [...]
April 20, 2009
Posted by Jen Reeves
I’m preparing for a big presentation with two of my former colleagues at the Radio-TV News Directors Association meeting in Las Vegas. Dr. Bill Silcock of Arizona State University and Kelly D. Hicks from KCTV5 in Kansas City will join in on the fun. We hope to introduce Twitter to people who may have heard [...]
April 15, 2009
Posted by Jen Reeves
I love journalism. I love teaching journalism. I love finding ways to help the industry. I love finding the best ways to send my students out into the world of journalism with as many tools in their bag. That’s why in the last few years I’ve spent a lot of time guiding my students through [...]
April 6, 2009
Posted by Jen Reeves
The most amazing part of my fellowship with the Reynolds Journalism Institute is how it has given me so much access to people who know how to build communities online. For a couple of years I have beaten my head on the wall trying to figure out why I haven’t been good at this process. [...]
