by Beth Johnson | Dec 16, 2018 | App Articles, Social Awareness
If you read industry blogs, you have seen plenty of cases of reporters tweeting a smiling face at a murder scene, natural disaster or some other similarly toned story. Facebook postings about meeting the national correspondent hero and taking a selfie get...
by Beth Johnson | Oct 21, 2015 | Know Your Newsroom, Reporting, Social Awareness
By now you’ve probably heard about the big story this week. It was an embarrassing gaffe during a live shot about the Michigan and Michigan State football game. It was a game decided on the final play. The on-scene reporter went TV and said the wrong team won. The...
by Beth Johnson | Nov 24, 2014 | Social Awareness, Uncategorized
Last week’s episode of HBO’s “The Newsroom” (titled: “Run”) tried to make a statement about journalists use of Twitter. In fact, it appears that TV journalists use of social media is going to be a theme this season. In “Run” the character Hallie sends out a late night...
by Beth Johnson | Sep 12, 2013 | Social Awareness, Source Building
For years, LinkedIn has just been an online placeholder for my résumé. I didn’t really think about it much and rarely went on there. However, two things recently happened to change my view of the site. The first was when my news director assigned me to do an...
by Beth Johnson | Aug 27, 2013 | App Articles, Social Awareness
For many journalists, Tweeting and posting on Facebook is now a mandatory part of their job. In fact a news director in Atlanta recently told the Press Club there that “any journalist who doesn’t do social media isn’t worth their salt.” The...
