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.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on May 9, 2012
Topic: Tweets for Keeps Tags: Resources, Tweets for Keeps
Theme of the tweet week: ways to ease the change. A clearinghouse of free training, a visual how-to become a data journalist, and new ways to focus and fund your work.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on May 2, 2012
Topics: Innovation, Tweets for Keeps Tags: Innovation, Resources, Tweets for Keeps
Tips from this week in the Twitterverse. Media companies: nurture start-ups. Reporters: follow the money. Publishers: learn from the past, streamline your website, and check your success with six essential digital strategies.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on April 18, 2012
Topic: Tweets for Keeps Tags: Tweets for Keeps
This week, we examine the importance of youth and diversity in media, then share tips to get the job done: build a local news site, crowdsource content with consent, and leverage sales staff.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on April 12, 2012
Topics: Education, Experiments, Innovation, Policy, Tweets for Keeps Tags: Resources, Tweets for Keeps
Subscription options big players or small bloggers can install, easy apps for reporting fast from the field, and a new j-school focusing on collaboration. Plus: news orgs against public info access.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on April 4, 2012
Topic: Tweets for Keeps Tags: Resources, Tweets for Keeps
This week we curated lists, scoped America's media landscape, converted brand to revenue, and "newsgathered on the cheap." Plus: lessons learned from opensource and startups.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on March 28, 2012
Topics: Experiments, Innovation, Revenue, Tweets for Keeps Tags: Resources, Tweets for Keeps
Creativity awarded: political climate illuminated by open data mapping & success across the spectrum of non & for profit news sites. Plus, a cautionary tale for hyperlocal publishers.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on March 21, 2012
Topics: Innovation, Tweets for Keeps Tags: Resources, Tweets for Keeps
The style guide of the times – do you keep all those symbols when you quote from Twitter? Debate over the 99 cent story model, and tough questions designed to change a newsroom's success mindset.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on March 15, 2012
Topics: Technology, Tweets for Keeps Tags: Resources, Tweets for Keeps
Keepers this week include: Collusion, a new tool promising new tracking data; doing better business on FB and LinkedIn, and a brand new collaboration place for better journalism in the digital age.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on March 7, 2012
Topic: Tweets for Keeps Tags: Resources, Tweets for Keeps
This week: the Chicago News Cooperative stopped publishing, the Philly Inquirer news staff petitioned potential owners to keep editorial integrity, and Gannett announced plans to paywall its papers.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on March 1, 2012
Topic: Tweets for Keeps Tags: Resources, Tweets for Keeps