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New Twitter site designed for journalists

July 1, 2009

JournoTwit was created by  Andrew “Spode” Miller, a technology journalist, “to suit the fast paced, nomadic lifestyle of a journalist - but may well suit others.”

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YouTube launches Reporters’ Center

June 29, 2009

YouTube today launched a new resource to help people learn more about how to report the news today, called The YouTube Reporters’ Center.

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The strengths and weaknesses of Twitter

June 21, 2009

Noam Cohen questions whether the label “ Revolution” is really a fair label, despite its use in organizing mass protests in Moldova in April and in last week, when hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to oppose the official results of the presidential election. Read more »

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10 steps to saving newspapers in the digital age

June 7, 2009

Mark Glaser, Executive editor of PBS MediaShift, sent out 10 great tweets over the weekend, from his hospital bed, about ways to save newspapers. Here they are…

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Live updates from media and technology conference

June 2, 2009

Live twitter stream from MediaBistro Circus conference Tuesday and Wednesday — nicely sorted by speakers and attendees.

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How to inspire journalism grads entering a ‘dying industry’

May 31, 2009

Barbara Ehrenreich tells UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism journalism grads, in this inspiring commencement address, that they will be trying to “carve out a career… within what appears to be a dying industry” but in the end, “we will not be stopped.” Read more »

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Free Google tools for your website

May 27, 2009

Google Web Elements allow you to easily add your favorite Google products onto your own website, including custom searches, Google News headlines and YouTube news videos from organizations like The New York Times and Fox News.

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Search Engine Optimization Rules To Live by

May 27, 2009

Here is a list of 10 search engine optimization tips and rules to increase your search engine rankings in Google, Yahoo and MSN.

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10 Golden Rules of Social Media

May 26, 2009

10 good tips from Web Worker Daily, via @aadamglenn

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Top 10 search engine optimization tips for online news start-ups

May 20, 2009

Danny Sullivan, the editor of Search Engine Land and a long-time expert in search engine optimization, offered these excellent 10 tips at the Knight Digital Media Center News Entrepreneur Boot Camp at USC.

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