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 [...]
March 5, 2009
Posted by Jen Reeves
At the request of some of my blog/Twitter followers, here’s the second part of my Twitter webcast from earlier this week. Have fun and please leave comments and thoughts. If you want to sit down and watch part one, go here. If you want to see my notes on Twitter basics, go here. And now… [...]
March 2, 2009
Posted by Jen Reeves
I held a brown bag session this afternoon over lunch to show how I use Twitter and why I think journalists should take a look at it as a new news source. It isn’t the end all be all answer to all of our challenges, but I do think it’s a change in how we [...]
February 27, 2009
Posted by Jen Reeves
The newsroom at the Rocky Mountain News found out yesterday that Friday, February 27 would be its final edition. It was heart breaking to read and watch. What made it extra painful was how the newsroom came together to share the painful experience with anyone who wanted to watch. Through the day I followed their [...]
February 11, 2009
Posted by Jen Reeves
I don’t seem to write much about things without throwing Twitter into the topic line — I’ll work on that since there are SO many interesting developments and discussions that I’m involved in these days as we try to create a new future for journalism. But first I need to mention my pet project that [...]
December 2, 2008
Posted by Jen Reeves
I’ve talked about social media here and in many different presentations at the Missouri School of Journalism, conferences and training seminars. I feel like all of my ramblings are a little more legitimate as more and more journalists debate on whether these trends are good or bad. Obviously I plant myself into the camp that [...]
November 14, 2008
Posted by Jen Reeves
My friend and member of the Reynolds Journalism Institute futures lab staff and newscast director extraordinaire Travis McMillen created this quick look at what you may have missed if you weren’t watching the Smart Decision ’08 webcast.
