Category Archives: digital media

How CNN Verifies iReports

Details from Poynter on the verification process CNN iReport uses.

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

An overview of social media and the Osama bin Laden story from NPR.

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.