Details from Poynter on the verification process CNN iReport uses.
Category Archives: digital media
How CNN Verifies iReports
WSJ Reporters Trained on Video
Video is becoming more important at the Wall Street Journal … that’s one of the observations in this report from PaidContent.org.
Attorney Website Produced by Goldman Wins Honors
The new website for Protogyrou & Rigney, P.L.C. has captured honors in the 2011 W3 Awards. The site, www.PRLaw.org, was developed and produced by Goldman & Associates Public Relations and web design, development and consulting firm Visual Harbor. The W3 Awards recognize outstanding websites, web…
How to Get 3 Million Twitter Followers
An interesting post in Mashable about how Onion obtained its giant Twitter following.
Local TV Station Covers International Story Using Google+
Looks like it won’t take long for Google+ to become a journalism tool … check out this report on 10,000 Words
Listening to Facebook Community Reaps Big Rewards for Non-Profit
Column by Goldman & Associates president Dean Goldman, published in Inside Business, July 1, 2011:
Norfolk Botanical Garden recently won a $125,000 grant from the Chase Community Giving philanthropic program. And by the time you read this, it might have received…
New Report: How Journalism can Bring in Revenues in the Digital Era
A good summary by the New York Times on the new Columbia University report on how journalism can survive and thrive in the digital era — in particular, the need to reconsider their relationships with advertisers.
Social Media & This Week’s Historic News
From Newspaper Company to Digital Info Factory
The Washington Post “is not really a newspaper company anymore … The Post is a digital information factory,” says its ombudsman in a recent piece about its website redesign.
It’s Official: News Growth is Online
News is capturing more of American’s time … and online is where the growth is … according to “The State of the News Media in 2011″ by the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism.