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Citizen Journalism: Who is a Journalist Today?

Proactive Report

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. Many newsrooms are implementing some sort of citizen-journalism initiative. Almost every news release they crafted specifically for these sites was published.

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Traffic Rises 350% Year-Over-Year For Social Publisher BuzzFeed

The Realtime Report

Calling itself “the social news and entertainment company,” BuzzFeed demonstrated last month that whatever the publisher’s formula may be, it’s working. Social Media Statistics BuzzFeed BuzzFeed Video journalism social media social media statistics viral media viral news Youtube'

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Why Reddit Continues to be Relevant

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Way back in August 2010, the social news website Digg.com updated to version 4 – more or less sealing its doom. So why did these Digg users embrace Reddit as their new social news website home? click for larger image). click for larger image). An Example. With a B.A.

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This Week in Social Media – 4/17/2013

Social Media Marketing

The answer to the collision of journalism and advertising is in an algorithm. The world''s most valuable audience has been identified and they''re into a wide variety of media such as Family Guy, Elle, NPR; they have income over $76K, see 24X as many ads as average consumers, and command a 100% premium to reach on social channels.

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Paywall for News.com and Online Community Social Media

Laurel Papworth

No journalists, except a journalists that now work in social media and a few bloggers now paid to bring their audiences and expert knowledge to journalism (blogournalists?) called journalism the fourth estate. We are dominated by Journalism. ”. Problem Journalism vs Solution Journalism. Wikipedia ).

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Top 6 Ideas for Incredible Viral Content for Social Media.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I will be using these to promote my journal. I’ve a new blog with WordPress and I’m trying to learn (by the seat of my pants) how to do things on my own. Viral content takes research, time, and dedication, but on the plus side, your users will likely be talking about your masterpieces for months (or years) to come.

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10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Love to have seen [link] among the list. youtube Portfolio Lateral Action Lifehacker Macgasm Mashable Pistachio: Touchbase Blog Ramblings of a Sysadmin Real Simple Schwag Addict Search Engine Roundtable Professional Bio Spammr from Tumblr Home About Consulting Contact Sitemap Policy Site design by The Other Ben Rudnick.