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Top 4 tips from Twitter Users to News Organizations

November 13, 2008

A long while back I asked my Twitter following to tell me what advice they would give to a news organization (or any company really) thinking about getting started on this platform. Here’s what they had to say:

@ddmcd – “Don’t Twitter anonymously — identify real people with specific addresses.”
@shawnr – “Tell them to NOT add [...]

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Why I’d Make A Good Social Media Club Board Member

July 14, 2008

—Please Vote For Me, Jonathan Coffman for Social Media Club Board Member by clicking here (voting is open until Thursday —
I’ll try to keep this post short and sweet, but I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself and my ideas for the SMC.
If you weren’t already aware, I am a candidate for the [...]

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What Working for PBS Engage Means

June 23, 2008

As the product manager for PBS Engage, the social media initiative of the Public Broadcasting service, I get to work with magnificent people day in and day out to bring social-media to the masses. It’s a very exciting time to be working in social-media, and especially at such a stellar organization.
My one month-iversary at PBS [...]

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When TV Listens To Its Viewers, Amazing Things Happen

April 28, 2008

I’ve spent quite a bit of time looking at ways news organizations can connect and interact with their viewership. This morning I was greeted by a basic, but excellent interaction on Good Morning America. 
I’ve got ABC turned on in my hotel room this morning for background noise and they ran a story about the upcoming [...]

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On Email Organization

April 22, 2008

For the last month or so I’ve been on a rampage, an email rampage. I haven’t quite hit Inbox Zero but inbox 30-40 suits me well actually. Here’s what I’ve done:

I now have only 2 visible email addresses, Gmail and my @jonathancoffman.com mail. Those other addresses (.Mac, Yahoo!, Mizzou, and my secondary Gmail) all now get [...]

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When A Podcast Isn’t Just A Podcast

April 10, 2008

I had a great IM conversation last night with a podcast author regarding my post from a few days ago about the death of podcasting. He seemed to agree on many levels and was hoping for some advice because he’s feeling trapped in his current podcast network and not sure how to venture out on [...]

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Are Podcasts Dead?

April 7, 2008

In case you didn’t know, I’ll be in Las Vegas Sunday-Wednesday for the NAB conference (National Association of Broadcasters). The Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism is sponsoring my trip so that I can present Contributr to the masses. (Let’s hope Contributr is ready, more on that tomorrow!)
As I was looking through [...]

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My Ideal Job

April 4, 2008

By way of looking introspectively at my self and my ambitions I have a pretty good idea of my ideal job is at this point. I’ve known for quite some time that being in the service of the public and working toward a greater good is in my blood. My mother was a teacher and [...]

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What Newspapers Can Do NOW To Gain Readership

March 20, 2008

Newspapers have a bad reputation of being reactionary (although much of the American media is quite reactionary in nature) but here are some things I think newspapers should do NOW to gain readership and credibility in the communities they serve.

Update your website more than 3 or 4 times a day, information is always becoming more [...]

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Convergence of the Future

March 19, 2008

News makers keep talking about backpack journalists and having reporters be good at everything. Now we all know that’s just not possible, but it hasn’t stopped the visionaries from proclaiming convergence journalism the future of news.

Convergence of the media is already happening of course, and convergence is the future. No longer is a television station [...]

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