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Social media and journalism: how to effectively reach the public

Sprout Social

Social media and journalism are one and the same these days. 9 best practices of social media and journalism. So much of social media and journalism boils down to looking the part. Also, make a point to shout-out any and all organizations where you’ve been published or are making appearances. thanks for having me!

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Social Media News Ticker: Facebook To Buy WhatsApp, LinkedIn Opens Publishing To All Members

The Realtime Report

Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn: LinkedIn opens its publishing platform to all members. Facebook tests mobile “Highlights”, a cheat sheet to your friends’ lives – last week Facebook released its 7.0

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Citizen Journalism: Who is a Journalist Today?

Proactive Report

People on the ground who witness events are sending images and video to the news stations. Citizen journalism doesn’t only apply to major political events or disasters. Citizen journalism is one of the hottest buzzwords in the news business right now. What does that mean? Newsrooms are under financial pressure.

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Journalism and Wikipedia – Wanky Balls

Laurel Papworth

From TheBitterWallet : It won’t surprise you that Big Chill was never called Wanky Balls, Sweaty Nads, Greasy Schlong or anything else for that matter because you see, the bone idle newsrag decided to believe something that was written on a Wikipedia page about the event ( screengrab here ). Send us the clippings, of course.

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Top Five: Social networks invest in quality news

Sherrilynne Starkie

This week’s must-know social media news for marketing and communications professionals includes headlines about Facebook’s attempt to clean up, support for journalism from Twitter and Google, the continuing importance of links in SEO and some new, clever features from LinkedIn. 5 Google’s new publishing platform for local news.

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The New(ish) Trend Of Publishing Within Publishing

Twist Image

What made it most unique, was that they were going to publish it solely on Facebook. Not just a random bunch off "b-side" type of articles that weren't fit for publishing on Business Insider. The thing about this publishing thing. . Writers used to write for publishers. Publishers were the gatekeepers to an audience.

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5 Media Relations Strategies that Help Get Your Brand Story Published

Proactive Report

Now we expect to see eye-witness accounts of events as they are occurring. Brand journalism – think like a publisher and write your own stories. Brand journalism – think like a publisher and write your own stories. Download the full report – [link].