If I were to update my 2009 Toastmasters submission about submitting effective PR, I would be sure to emphasize: pick a news article format or “letter to the editor.” Don’t submit a mash-up of both.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Useful questions for information literacy
Among ideas being explored for the focus of a news curation team, Steve Buttry and Mandy Jenkins raise the question of how to evaluate, verify and attribute the information they curate.
Evaluation role is natural for curation team
At Digital First Media, Steve Buttry and Mandy Jenkins plan to launch a news curation team. The opportunity intrigues me because, as Jenkins rightly points out, “curation is what journalists have been doing since Gutenberg.”
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
‘Join the Journalists’ on TV8
The recent presentation by Record-Bee newsroom staffers, “Join the Journalists,” was filmed for broadcast on TV8. According to the TV8 program guide for the week of June 11 to 17, the program is scheduled to air at 10:02 p.m. (Pacific Time) tonight, 11:04 a.m. Thursday and 5:01 p.m. Saturday.
Saturday, June 9, 2012
‘What does good service mean to you?’
“What does good service mean to you?” I decided to write about this question when I considered how readily I tell businesses that their actions have disappointed me. Do I as readily communicate about service that I consider to be exemplary? The purpose of this essay is to do just that.
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