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Twitter-Instagram photo war reveals new business realities of social networks

The photo-sharing turf war is escalating, with Twitter copying Instagram-like features and Instagram (owned by Facebook) no longer making its photos viewable within tweets. No matter which company...

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TV station says it fired meteorologist for replying to viewer on Facebook

Louisiana meteorologist Rhonda Lee was fired after responding on Facebook to viewer comments, including one about her hair. Her employer, KTBS, says she was fired because responding at all is a...

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What the world population is doing on smartphones and social networks

In the past year, American cell phone owners became more likely to use the Internet on their phones (51 percent, up from 43 percent in 2011) and capture pictures or videos (67 percent, up from 57...

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TV station firing renews questions about whether journalists should respond...

You may have heard the story of Rhonda Lee, a meteorologist at Shreveport, La., TV station KTBS who was fired for responding to viewer criticism on Facebook. The firing raises some old and new...

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When to go fast, when to go slow on social media

Reuters | Nieman Lab Ben Walsh writes that his unfiltered Twitter stream “was basically unusable as an information source” during the Newtown school shooting. Because he follows so many journalists and...

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‘Frictionless sharing’ is an instructive failure of 2012

Two of the news organizations that led the push into social reader Facebook apps are retooling their products, and Facebook itself is signaling that it’s time to leave behind the “frictionless sharing”...

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5 ways journalists can use social media to resurface old content

Journalists are finding that social media gives them ample opportunities to breathe new life into archived content. Recently, they’ve used social networking sites — while covering deaths,...

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Some news orgs’ social media policies are on shaky legal ground

The New York Times | Poynter If your social media policy prevents employees from saying anything bad about the company, it might be going too far. The National Labor Relations Board has weighed in on...

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The journalistic pros & cons of Twitter’s new real-time video tool

Twitter just released a video-sharing tool called Vine that makes it easier for people to capture short clips and share them instantly with the world. Twitter bought a video startup by the same name...

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New court ruling could mean news orgs’ social media policies are no longer on...

Associated Press On Tuesday Poynter suggested news organizations should take a look at their social media policies in light of decisions by the National Labor Relations Board. Publishers, you may...

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Pew: 16% of Internet users use Twitter, 15% use Pinterest

Pew Pew released some demographic information on social media users Thursday. It may help dispel some myths. Who you think Twitter users are: Man joins Twitter, quits job (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)....

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What cognitive psychology teaches us about creating effective Vine videos

Lots of journalists have experimented with Vine since Twitter launched it nearly a month ago. They’ve created six-second Vine videos to feature input from readers, offer a behind-the-scenes look at...

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5 ways to engage more with your audience — in person and online

Talk about engagement with a journalist these days, and the conversation turns quickly to social media. Who can deny the influence of social media, which now serves as a news source for one-third of...

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5 social media strategy lessons from NPR

NPR’s social media product manager Kate Myers and business partnerships director Lily Ladd talked and answered questions for 90 minutes this morning about their organization’s approach to social media...

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Science reveals what really increases Twitter followers

The world of science has some new advice for people who want to increase their Twitter following, and it may sound something your mother used to say: If you don’t have anything nice to tweet, don’t...

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8 ways to attract more Twitter followers

To build an audience on Twitter, journalists have to strike the right balance. The key is to be authentic, without embarrassing your employer or wasting anyone’s time. Before typing the first letter in...

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Twitter research shows how multimedia increases engagement

To update an old saying for the Twitter era: A picture is worth a thousand characters. Research by Twitter shows that tweets that include a photo or video receive 3 to 4 times more engagement...

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SXSW session on Reddit misses opportunity for thoughtful discussion

The South by Southwest panel, “It’s Reddit’s World; We Just Live in It,” set out to answer a tough question: “How is Reddit’s power altering Web culture — and should we celebrate it, or fear it?” The...

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News organizations can now see how their content performs on Pinterest

The image-sharing network Pinterest released a new analytics tool this week that serves up lots of data about how its users engage with your website’s content. Here are some of the questions you can...

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How to use social media to get your next job

In this week’s career chat, we talked with Randy Essex, senior editor for local news at the Cincinnati Enquirer/Cincinnati.com and Kentucky Enquirer/NKY.com. Essex uses social networking sites to find...

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