Jen Lee Reeves

In the last year, I’ve watched my use of technology change dramatically… I used to tweet, blog, facebook openly. But I watched myself become more mindful and thoughtful about how I use some of these tools. If you read any of my updates on any of these social media tools, you may think I’m still [...]

In the time where I haven’t blogged here, I’ve been working a lot in the newsroom. And I have spent a lot of attention trying to hone a fan page for the newsroom where I work. It’s all about promotion… and it got a little easier to promote these days. Today there was a really [...]

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 already [...]

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.
The [...]

After a huge revolt against Facebook’s Terms of Service the company announced it plans to go about things differently.
In the Facebook Blog, we learn that members will be asked to vote on new Facebook Principals and a new Statement of Rights and Responsibilities. I will be very curious to see how many people read it, [...]

I have watched every possible inauguration in my life — but I am certain today’s inauguration of Barack Obama will be different. In the past, most people watched a new president come into office on television. Today there will be many, many different ways to watch the ceremony online.
KOMU.com (my home away from home) is [...]

Aggregation. It’s a big focus of my life these days. I’m looking for easy ways to collect information and share it with the general public. At the same time, I’m trying to find ways to collect the websites and social networks I visit and aggregate it into one place. That’s why I’m curious to see [...]

I’m deep inside many different social networking tools. I use them personally in order to see how useful they are for my job. If it’s useful for my day to day life, then there may be a great reason for my newsroom to share its information using those tools. A year ago I got into [...]

Wow.
That’s all I can say. Check this out: Google has created a new initiative called “Open Social.” I haven’t found a page on Google yet, but it’s all over the blogosphere. Even though the New York Times says it won’t happen, I really think that Google is planning to try and smoosh Facebook.
Here’s [...]

I’m obsessed with social networks. From the moment I started playing with Facebook YEARS ago I saw an amazing opportunity. It’s an amazing way to stay in touch with people and share connections. THEN Facebook added applications… And that’s when I saw the amazing opportunities for newsrooms and educators. Students could add applications and share [...]