Networking. Marketing. Collaboration. Podcasting. Reviews. Social Journalism: Curate the Real-Time Web » Publish2 Blog. Today we’re announcing a new Publish2 feature that helps journalists curate the real-time and social web — a HUGE value creation opportunity. We call this “Social Journalism.” What’s Social Journalism? It’s what you do when you gather information in social media channels and then report it to your readers. Watching a Twitter #hashtag for posts related to a critical local issue or big event, then publishing them in a roundup or sidebar on your news site? Why is Social Journalism a huge opportunity for journalists and news orgs? As watershed events like #iranelection have demonstrated, Twitter, YouTube and other social media are now a tremendous source of on-the-scene reporting and real-time information, but there is also a tremendous amount of noise obscuring the signal.
As Ivor Tossell put it in The Globe & Mail ($): We’ve seen this show before. Here are some examples of Social Journalism on the Iran Election (click on images to see posts): New York Times Lede blog Andrew Sullivan. Top 18 Social Media Resources for Developers. This post is part of Mashable’s Social Media series for developers, highlighting handy tips and resources for software developers. This series is supported by Forum Nokia’s Calling All Innovators competition. The stereotypical view of a coder is that of an anti-social hacker, sitting alone in a darkened room, banging away on a keyboard by the glow of a monitor (or six) until all hours of the night. But that's not true to life - today's programmers, developers, and code enthusiasts have fully embraced social media. Whether you have a simple code question or are embarking on a collaborative code project to build your company's next big product, code is best done learning from and working with others.
Social media is an incredible vessel for collaboration, sharing, and information discovery, and there are now many great tools that aid in web and software development. Developer tutorial/information communities 1. 2. 3. 4. Social developer communities 5. 6. 7. 8. Social media web tools 9. 10. The Importance of Setting Goals To Grow Your Network. By Corvida Raven of SheGeeks.net (FriendFeed/Twitter) A short while ago, I was granted the opportunity to guest post on ChrisBrogan.com, who you must subscribe to if you are remotely interested in social media. In the post Decreasing Connections While Increasing Our Networks, I talked about the problem that occurs as our network of friends grows and the quality of conversation and connections decreases. The post was well received by Chris’ audience and some great comments were left.
One comment that really stuck out was a comment by Steve Cook that stated, In the end doesn’t it come down to goals? I think Steve really hit the nail on the head with this comment. Let me first start by stating that goals can help you to better manage how you want to grow your network as Steve nicely provided examples for. Brand AwarenessIn the beginning of blogging career, this was not one of my goals. High Quality NetworkWho doesn’t want this? Meebo.com.
My thoughts on social networking applications. » Blog Archive » The barrier for getting started with social media is low, it’s dependent on your involvement level, objectives and goals. The facilitators of the message, our tools, are the key components that make it all work. They are the tools in our digital toolkit that every strategist, marketer and PR professional should already be learning and using. The sole purpose of these tools are to; create, manage and distribute content, build awareness, drive traffic, connect with our customers and hopefully turn a lead into a prospective sale. Tools for your social media toolkit can be broken down into the following categories: Your Black Box – The flight data recorder for the Web The default tool in any toolbox always starts with Analytics.
Listening: monitoring the social web and beyond If you’re a PR professional or marketer who uses social media for marketing purposes, you need to be able to listen and monitor your surroundings for conversations about your clients and their respective brands. Recent News - Spock. Aramzs - Plurk.com.