Tag Archive | "News"

Want to maximize Twitter’s capabilities in a newsroom? Don’t stop with the news feed: Add the human touch

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

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If you’re a Twitter user like me, you probably have a handful of news publications, organizations and blogs giving you updates every time they add content. Which, in many cases, is nice to have. It’s like a quicker and simpler RSS feed. But if you’re like me, you also have certain publications, organizations and blogs that [...]

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Conversing digitally at public events using Twitter

Sunday, July 26, 2009

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PORTFOLIO UPDATE +1 Page Design (”Savory Sensations”) It’s amazing how a simple networking tool such as Twitter can be used in so many ways to communicate. The Grand Rapids Press, a newspaper crazier about Twitter than most, introduced me to another this summer. Grand Rapids hosted its 40th annual Festival of the Arts, one of the biggest West [...]

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My initial thoughts on AnnArbor.com, the now-live online news organization

Friday, July 24, 2009

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Late Thursday night, the party came early for AnnArbor.com. The site went live for the first time in replacement of The Ann Arbor News, which ended its long run the same day. Like I said in the previous entry, this is a big step for not just Ann Arbor, but for the journalism industry in general. [...]

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