Facebook & Twitter Users' Opinions About The News They Get There [CHART]

via emarketer.com According to the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism, 39% of Twitter users said most of the news they got on Twitter in January 2012 was not material they would have read elsewhere. On Facebook, the corresponding percentage was a bit lower at 34%. This means that, by eMarketer’s estimates of…

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The Newsroom Trailers

Three trailers for The Newsroom, a new original HBO series from Aaron Sorkin that takes a behind-the-scenes look at cable news.

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How Journalists Worldwide Source Stories [CHART]

Electronic Tattoos

via mediabistro.com In their Digital Journalism Study, Oriella surveyed 600 journalists and discovered that more than half (55 percent) used social channels such as Twitter and Facebook to find stories from known sources, and 43 percent verified existing stories using these tools. 26 percent of respondents said that they used social media to find stories…

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Public Media's Use Of Social Media

The January 2012 Minneapolis/Saint Paul Social Media Breakfast addressed public media’s use of social media. The panelists were David Brauer of MinnPost.com, John Daenzer of Twin Cities Public Television, John Moe of American Public Media, Jonathan Kealing of Public Radio International, Julia Schrenkler of Minnesota Public Radio, and Mary Lahammer of Twin Cities Public Television. Phil Wilson moderated.

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Online Media Relations

81% of business journalists turn to corporate websites and webinars when looking for story ideas, breaking news, or seeking a corporate spokesperson.

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