This weekend at the Northern Voice conference, Kirk LaPointe from The Vancouver Sun and I spoke on a panel called “How (Should) Journalists Use Social Media.”
The visuals I used, created using a new-to-me online tool called Prezi, are posted online here.
I won’t recount the whole thing, but here’s a couple of key ideas I talked [...]
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How (Should) Journalists Use Social Media
Coming up: Storytelling for scientists
I’m giving a talk next month to a group of health science graduate students, on how to communicate their work in the media.
I’m no expert, but I have worked in both worlds, and understand a bit about how they often clash.
Both sides have work to do. For example, many (most?) reporters will cover a story [...]
Cleaning the peanut butter jar
Update: Thanks to @marklise, @nolanzak, @davejohnson, @ChrisParry and @eco_smart for their suggestions via Twitter! If you have a suggestion, let me know.
I’ll admit it, I was a little resistant to taking on what are generally called “consumer stories” on my beat as an environment reporter. (Find out why after the jump)
But my editors have been [...]