editor on the verge

Online musings from the newsroom and beyond . . . by Yoni Greenbaum

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Oprah endorses Obama, my vote’s for Twitter

December 10th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Recently there have been about a half dozen blog posts about Twitter as a potential tool for newsrooms. Most recently, Steve Outing wrote about the idea of City Desk editors using Twitter to cover breaking news. Other pieces cover a variety of related ideas and are listed below, in case you haven’t read them yet. […]

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Tags: Best Practices · Industry · Innovation · Online

Help Wanted: Totally out of touch reporter

November 27th, 2007 · 5 Comments

I’ve been thinking recently about the skills we expect from new reporters. If you peruse help-wanted ads for newspaper reporters on JournalismJobs.com, you find description of required skills such as: “The ability to write fast, in a concise, effective manner, is another key qualification for this position.”

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Tags: Industry · Local Newspapers