Television

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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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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links for 2008-06-16

by Jonathan Coffman June 16, 2008

He’s Big Bird: Caroll Spinney loves every feather – Yahoo! News The man behind the Bird. PhoneFactor | Home 2-factor authentication via PhoneCalls, now integrated with OpenID… Pretty good idea to increase web security access. Tweet

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Why Life Has Been Crazy: My Huge Job Announcement

by Jonathan Coffman May 23, 2008

Over the last few weeks I’ve been dropping hints on Twitter, but it’s about time I just came out with it. I’ve accepted a position at the Public Broadcasting Service. In case you’ve been wondering why the big move and road trip from Missouri to Washington DC was happening, that’s why. I’m joining the ranks [...]

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When TV Listens To Its Viewers, Amazing Things Happen

by Jonathan Coffman 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 [...]

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Jonathan's Twitter Updates for 2008-04-14

by Jonathan Coffman April 14, 2008

Drinking with Mickey Mouse, what’s wrong with this picture? # Changed into my night clothes, going out with some friends to mingle # Headed to bed, good night Twitterville # Good morning Twitterville, getting dressed for NAB Show this morning # At the State of the Industry Address at NAB # Oh come on, Youtube [...]

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Are Podcasts Dead?

by Jonathan Coffman 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 [...]

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Convergence of the Future

by Jonathan Coffman 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 [...]

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Jonathan's Twitter Updates for 2008-03-11

by Jonathan Coffman March 11, 2008

Alright, productivity is low right now, so I’ll watch some TV for a while this evening. # Good Morning Twitterville! # Headed off to work, Tweet ya later! # I’m in the Journalism School Lounge if you need me # @adarowski no kidding! it’s like I can stop squinting again after I open ‘real safari’ [...]

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