Transitioning from a print to a digital news world from JD Lasica on Vimeo. If I were starting out in journalism today, I’d probably opt to work for a Web-based publication — or start my own — rather than learn the ropes at a newspaper. Because those ropes are becoming increasingly frayed. We’ve been checking […]
Education
Survival Guide Chapter 5: Podcasts, vidcasts and Webcasts
Here is part 5 of the series I will post over the next few months based on chapters from my new book, A Survival Guide to Social Media and Web 2.0 Optimization. This book is meant to be a guide to building an optimized foundation in social Web for beginners and advanced users alike. Chapter […]
Photos from Seizing the Moment
Spent Friday at Seizing the Moment, the sold-out, end-of-summer Garage/Summer Institute at San Francisco State University featuring a rich array of speakers who provided training in multimedia, new media, social media and more. I gave a 90-minute Social Media Bootcamp with Susan Mernit, and I’ll post the presentation on Monday. Above is Benjamin Jealous, president […]
Social networks: 8 ways to engage users with news
Social networks: 8 ways to engage users with news View more presentations from JD Lasica. Here’s a slightly revised version of the Social Networks: Engaging Users With News webinar I gave to a few hundred virtual attendees when I flew out to the Poynter Institute in Florida in May. The slideshow offers eight different areas […]
Social Media Bootcamp at SF State
I‘m spending this week putting together a Social Media Bootcamp presentation as part of Seize the Moment, a terrific end-of-summer event that takes place in 10 days at San Francisco State. I’ll be presenting a Social Media Bootcamp with David Cohn, founder of Spot.us, to kick the morning off. The all-day event will be geared […]