Comments on: Ten things every journalist should know in 2009

By: Cindy Kim

Cindy Kim — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:08:09 +0000

The introduction of web 2.0 has changed the face of journalism, not to mention the impact and pressures of the economy. The article is great in the sense that it highlights how journalists need to adapt to the changing landscape – but it’s critical – when they’re joining the conversation, be sure to engage. I’ve noticed with Twitter, they set it up and continue to use Twitter as a platform to push their messages out. Bad mistake. You will quickly lose your followers and be un-interesting if all you’re doing is pushing out your latest article, news program, etc. The whole point is to participate and engage with your readers. This is a great way to build relationships and loyalty. Another think and I think @deljones of USA Today does a great job is actively poll your users and integrate that into your piece. A lot of times I see journalists jumping on the latest bandwagon and just reiterating things we already know. Take the next step (be innovative) and bring something vastly different that takes us to a new level of learning.

Cindy Kim

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By: pat

pat — Fri, 01 May 2009 02:35:08 +0000

Get over twitter, it’s a narcissistic, useless “social” application that only has a 40% retention rate for users anyway. My god, apparently all it takes to be a “journalist” is to be able to open a blog and talk about how important twitter is…

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A helping hand… « Leah.Murray’s Blog — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:47:09 +0000

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Dog sniffs dog, gently « Paperhouse — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:48:53 +0000

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By: Jazzy

Jazzy — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:25:55 +0000

Agreed. While its sad that the art form is dying, at least there is a small glimmer of hope in some of these suggestions.