Jonathan Coffman

About Jonathan Coffman

by Jonathan Coffman January 4, 2009

From Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Myspace and beyond – social media is here to stay. You need a guide through the landscape who has developed proven strategies and tools to enhance communication and conversation. With a background in journalism and product development Jonathan can help you build transparency, trustworthiness, and most of all, conversation with your [...]

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Hurricane Ike Media Review: KHOU.com

by Jonathan Coffman September 15, 2008

Among the Houston based local media scene, KHOU is a solid contender and very popular station. Like the other local network affiliates they had “wall to wall” coverage on-air and online. Their broadcast transmission was also being streamed live online. I do want to preface each of these reviews with the web technology or content [...]

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Hurricane Ike Media Review: Judging Criteria

by Jonathan Coffman September 15, 2008

As I mentioned yesterday, I’m going to be writing reviews of the local and national media’s response to Hurricane Ike this past weekend. What I’ll focus on: Update frequency Web site usability User generated content solicitation and usage Multi-media coverage Distribution of content outside the “walled garden” Innovation, or lack thereof in coverage Where I’m [...]

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The Week Ahead: Reviews of the Media Response to Hurricane Ike

by Jonathan Coffman September 14, 2008

All next week I’ll be walking you through the online and on-air media response of both the national and Houston based media. As opposed to most national disasters I actually have a personal connection to this one with my family living in Missouri City, Texas, a Houston suburb. I currently live and work in the [...]

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Houston Chronicle Excels in Hurricane Ike Coverage

by Jonathan Coffman September 13, 2008

As someone who not only is interested in news and journalism, but who also works in social media for a living I constantly see television stations and newspapers who either don’t take advantage of advances in technology or completely ignore the true value in the power of people. This morning as I think about my [...]

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

by Jonathan Coffman 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 [...]

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Twitter, A Journalist's Best Friend

by Jonathan Coffman April 25, 2008

Here’s a little nugget and inspiration I’d love to get some feedback from the masses on: I wasn’t actually able to take in any of this live last week, but the amazing power of Twitter can do a reporter’s work for them. Take a look at the first-hand accounts of people who felt the earthquake [...]

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Crossing The Skills Divide

by Jonathan Coffman April 3, 2008

There is an almost constant drone of phone calls and emails in my life right now, I’m right in the thick of finding a job for when I become available in May. It hasn’t been an easy road, but I’ve made great strides in my approach, the types of jobs I apply for, and the [...]

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links for 2008-03-12

by Jonathan Coffman March 12, 2008

How Apple Just Made All Other Mobile Platforms Irrelevant :: iPod Hacks :: The Latest and Greatest News and Info for Your iPod / iPhone The Scalable Multi-Server Grid-Server Hosting Platform Pricing : GoGrid Pre-Paid Plans Who has the $10,000 idea? Vote now! | Reynolds Journalism Institute | University of Missouri Dinner for a week…. [...]

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links for 2008-03-01

by Jonathan Coffman March 1, 2008

Top 10 Worst Captchas | John M Willis ESM Blog Bay News 9 – Your News Channel Sandisk 256MB Cruzer Micro (20-Pack) at TigerDirect.com Jonathan Coffman – Convergence Journalism Specialist and New-Media Evangelist Tweet

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