How to prepare for interviews | NewsLab
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Conversational journalism in a brave new media world
This is where Austin, Texas journalist Matt Flener shares his adventures in storytelling along with other great stories he sees.
Matt is a reporter and anchor at KXAN Austin News, the NBC affiliate in Austin, fascinated with the unique power of sharing news on many new platforms.
Here, you will find unique insight on the future of traditional and social media, along with tips, tricks, and resources to tell better, more conversational stories.
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Google Goggles - Use pictures to search the web
via google.com
I'm looking forward to using this in my job as a reporter...
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A Memo to Tiger Woods from my former boss
via rtdna.org
A kudos to my former boss Stacey Woelfel for writing this memo to Tiger Woods. I second the fact that a statement on a website WILL NOT make a reporter's curiosity go away. It only exacerbates the problem.
Celebrities trade their "private lives" when they become celebrities. We learned this in Media Law class at the University of Missouri. They should have a lesser expectation of privacy than everyone else.
That doesn't mean we're disrespectful, as the media, but it should mean that Tiger should come out with a full, on camera mea-culpa for what went wrong. Otherwise, the media will continue (respectfully) to stand outside his house, hooked up to their satellite trucks, waiting for answers.
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Changes to online corrections | Editors' Notes
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Kudos to the Statesman for its changes to online corrections. This is a vital step, I believe, needed in newsrooms bent on getting news online as quick as possible. It is easy to change the information online and have it go away forever. There is no print copy to prove your mistake.
I think more and more newsrooms should adopt similar policies.
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Seesmic Launches Mobile Apps for Android and BlackBerry
via mashable.com
Oooohhhh...I can't wait to test...
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What is Google Chrome OS?
via youtube.com
Thanks to @wesley83 for passing this along. I like this idea of the Google Chrome Browser. I was thoroughly unimpressed with the first release of Chrome. Firefox has my heart right now. But I'll be interested to see what Google Chrome can do.
I just recently received the Droid Phone with Google on it. It's a very impressive phone and can do lots of things., namely run multiple applications at once, and an extremely powerful voice search function. I will be writing a review soon.
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Ft. Hood shootings - Thoughts
via kxan.com
Today was one of those days in the news business you love but hate. You hate it for the victims of the tragedies we cover, but you love it because you can provide information that no one else can.
You love it because you see the best in the business work well together to disseminate that information.
But you hate it because the information contains bad news.
You love the adrenaline rush. You hate the time crunch.
This is the thing of news.
My prayers are with the many families of the Fort Hood Shootings as I work to bring more information your way.
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