Author Archives: Michael Becker

Info about Twitter for journalists

By Michael Becker | Published: March 3, 2010
An absolute bevy of information for journalistic uses of Twitter from Mr. Steve Buttry. Read it, and read the article he links to by Julie Posetti; it’s an analysis of Twitter use by Australian journalists.
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JESS3 / The State of The Internet

By Michael Becker | Published: February 28, 2010
via vimeo.com Posted via web from Becker’s Online Journal
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Silverman’s Counter-Plagiarism Handbook

By Michael Becker | Published: February 27, 2010
Craig Silverman, writing at the Columbia Journalism Review, provided us this week with a post full of practical tips on how to avoid and detect plagiarism.
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Survey shows nearly one-third of journalists don’t use social media or read blogs

By Michael Becker | Published: February 25, 2010
- More than 30 per cent of journalists do not use social networking sites. - 52 per cent of journalists don’t use Twitter. - One-third of journalists do not read blogs. - More than half don’t watch videos online. - 75 percent of journalists do not listen to podcasts. Yet 91 percent “agree that new media and communications tools and [...]
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Testing a Soundslides Embed

By Michael Becker | Published: February 24, 2010
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Pew releases its ‘Millenials’ report

By Michael Becker | Published: February 24, 2010
Pew Research released its report on the “Millenial” generation today. I’ve downloaded it (you can too) and I look forward to reading it and commenting on it tonight.
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Good Web heads today

By Michael Becker | Published: February 23, 2010
Our Web headlines looked pretty good today. Good keywords in all the headlines: High fives and smiles at Moonlight Basin Special Olympics MSU posts record spring enrollment Muslims in America seek understanding Bozeman commissioners back less strict sign code Yellowstone Club forms new foundation Woman arrested after allegedly assaulting Wal-Mart employee Bozeman man convicted of bar beating pleads guilty to drug [...]
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Reflections of a Newsosaur: Maybe others should copy early LAT deadlines

By Michael Becker | Published: February 22, 2010
As revolutionary as forethought might be in some newsrooms, the smart front pages produced at the LAT since the tighter deadlines were implemented suggest that early closes could lead to more of the deep, interpretive coverage that newspapers are uniquely equipped to deliver. By playing to print’s singular capability to illuminate complex and subtle subjects, publishers [...]
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More gremlins

By Michael Becker | Published: February 22, 2010
Here we go again: Similar to the last time I mentioned this issue: Or the time before that: Or, god help us, the time before that . Would we let errors like this slip into the print version?
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What Makes A Good Video Story

By Michael Becker | Published: February 20, 2010
We are always looking for opportunities to add multimedia features to our stories, and the most popular kind of feature we can add is video. Eventually, it would be great if the reporters would pitch video ideas on their own initiative. To this end, here’s a link to a post on Net Worked, What Makes A [...]
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