Tweets for Keeps: July 1 – July 7, 2012
Action after Journatic, the New England Center for Investigative Journalism’s innovative funding, getting local police drone data, a new cartoon pub and social media tips to cut time and cost.
Action after Journatic, the New England Center for Investigative Journalism’s innovative funding, getting local police drone data, a new cartoon pub and social media tips to cut time and cost.
Paywalls bringing in pay, Olivier Fleurot on the journalism-conversation connection, business tips for nonprofits via INN, and useful ideas on copyright, keeping contacts and real time reporting.
Highlights this week: Remembering the humans in social media, two terrific tools for deeper community and government coverage, best practices for user-generated content.
This week: nonprofit media revenue over the past seven years. New thinking on community and deals, training to track companies’ influence in politics, and backup tips from coach Tai Goodwin.
Opportunity: African Americans are high Twitter users. Inspiration: teaching investigative skills. Practical: tips on startup space. Politics: The TV public records debate intensifies.
Tidbits from the Twitterverse: a new “Internet defense” org, Chrome extensions for journos, what to consider when teaching anything, and – don’t miss this one – how to make money in journalism.
A handy short list to up accuracy in reporting, building brand with your enemy, and a UK take on the big brand of news. Plus: A truly interactive paper that builds new tech right into the old.
Learn, dig, and pivot. Tweets this week offer ideas on learning how to deepen or start a beat, showcase excellent reporting by checking others’ analytics, and share useful startup stories.
Money tips: how collaboration and crowdfunding can help up publisher revenue. Brainfood: how to quantify journalists’ credibility and conversing (and listening) online.
How to ask the hard questions before signing up with an ad network, how to protect yourself and your sources from digital tracking, the benefits of data journalism and “responsive design” defined.