- 2012-01-05T01:02:04Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- Welcome to the 98th episode of #wjchat, a weekly discussion for Web journalists.
- 2012-01-05T01:02:08Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- @wjchat LiciB here in Hattiesburg, Miss. Population about 50k & surrounded by rural areas. Small compared to NY or LA! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:02:12Z
- tomprete (Tom Prete)
- Going to try to catch #wjchat, so mute me if you don’t want a bunch of journalism-related tweets.
- 2012-01-05T01:02:51Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- @wjchat Adam Popescu-sm mgr @apparelnews contrib @rww pumped about upcoming @laweekly clip http://t.co/pk2UWG5h #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:03:06Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- Tonight #wjchat is on Digital Journalism in Small Towns w @Adriana_Acosta editor of the Matagorda Advocate, weekly paper in Bay City, TX
- 2012-01-05T01:04:03Z
- TauhidChappell (Tauhid Chappell)
- @wjchat Hello! Tauhid here. Senior comm major at Virginia Tech looking to step into the broadcast industry once I graduate. #Hokies #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:04:09Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- RT @wjchat: Welcome to the 98th episode of #wjchat, a weekly discussion for Web journalists.
- 2012-01-05T01:04:46Z
- tomprete (Tom Prete)
- @wjchat Howdy. I run @OBBulletin on the far-western edge of San Francisco. Tonight, looking for small-town parallels. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:04:48Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- MT @wjchat: Tonight #wjchat is on Digital Journalism in Small Towns w @Adriana_Acosta of Matagorda Advocate, weekly in Bay City, TX
- 2012-01-05T01:04:53Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- Hello! Adriana here, editor and GM of the @matadvocate in Bay City, Tx. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:05:02Z
- mikusmatt (Matt Mikus)
- @wjchat perfect! Tuned in for the right chat, since it’s about small town Digital journalism. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:05:04Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- MT @wjchat Tonight: Digital Journalism in Small Towns w @Adriana_Acosta editor of the Matagorda Advocate, weekly paper in Bay CityTX #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:05:06Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- Let’s start! Please introduce yourself, respond to questions and share your knowledge! Thanks for joining tonight’s #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:05:30Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- RT @webjournalist: RT @wjchat: Welcome to the 98th episode of #wjchat, a weekly discussion for Web journalists.
- 2012-01-05T01:05:48Z
- MikePHager (Mike Hager)
- Check it out @ingramben @kylacorpuz @MichaelaGarstin MT @wjchat Tonight #wjchat is on Digital Journalism in Small Towns w @Adriana_Acosta
- 2012-01-05T01:06:02Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- RT @wjchat: Let’s start! Please introduce yourself, respond to questions and share your knowledge! Thanks for joining tonight’s #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:06:10Z
- mattderienzo (Matt DeRienzo)
- Hi all, I’m Matt DeRienzo, Group Editor for #JRC in Connecticut. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:06:37Z
- jaosullivanx (Joseph O’Sullivan)
- MT @wjchat: Tonight #wjchat is on Digital Journalism in Small Towns w @Adriana_Acosta of Matagorda Advocate, weekly in Bay City, TX
- 2012-01-05T01:06:47Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- PROTIP: Please start you answer/reply with @wjchat to spare non- #wjchat followers. But this means, follow the @wjchat account!
- 2012-01-05T01:06:50Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- NOTE TO FOLLOWERS: It’s time for #wjchat … so expect a flood of Web journalism related tweets. :)
- 2012-01-05T01:07:07Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @wjchat I’m Kat, a photojournalist at a daily in Upstate NY. Love multimedia and interactive projects, video, online and social. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:07:12Z
- acnatta (André Natta)
- Hey #wjchat! Andre here waiting to see if my Tweetdeck search for the hashtag will cooperate :) How’s it going?
- 2012-01-05T01:07:19Z
- NickEvershed (Nick Evershed)
- @wjchat ~80% (very rough guess) of our 200-ish newspapers/websites are in small towns around Australia. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:07:51Z
- knowtheory (Ted Han)
- @wjchat @adriana_acosta Oh hey! I’m Ted Han, DocumentCloud developer at @IRE_NICAR & i’m in Columbia, MO population ~100k #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:08:17Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @wjchat Fedora? Check. Cape? Check. Tweetdeck? Check. Ready for tonights #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:08:26Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @wjchat I’m Harry, that’s my real last name, and I’m online editor for the daily Observer-Reporter in Washington, PA #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:08:42Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- Hi all, I’m Robert Hernandez, a Web journalist, Profe @USCAnnenberg, @ONA Board member and co-creator of #wjchat … Happy New Year!
- 2012-01-05T01:08:52Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- @wjchat Good evening everyone. I’m Alex, the New Media Specialist at the @Record_Journal in Meriden, CT. First #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:09:00Z
- danoshinsky (Dan Oshinsky)
- Hi, #wjchat. Dan Oshinsky, founder of @strydotus, current Reynolds Fellow at @rji. (And, somehow, a first-time #wjchat-er.)
- 2012-01-05T01:09:15Z
- ivanlajara (Ivan Lajara)
- Hi all, I’m Ivan and I work in a New York town you’ve never heard of even though it is the first capital of the state. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:09:40Z
- benberkowitz (Ben Berkowitz)
- Hi #WJCHAT I’m Ben Berkowitz Co Founder at SeeClickFix
- 2012-01-05T01:09:45Z
- henrymlopez (Henry M. Lopez)
- Henry here. Last week as Dig Development Mgr here in Santa Fe. Next Week – independent digital pro. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:10:25Z
- mikusmatt (Matt Mikus)
- @KatDuncanPhoto @wjchat I’m missing the cape #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:10:56Z
- ValleyIndy (The Valley Indy)
- RT @wjchat: Tonight #wjchat is on Digital Journalism in Small Towns w @Adriana_Acosta editor of the Matagorda Advocate, weekly paper in Bay City, TX
- 2012-01-05T01:11:16Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @mikusmatt shameful. All journalists should have a cape. :) #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:11:24Z
- nathanbyrne (Nathan Byrne)
- @wjchat Nathan Byrne, just started as managing editor for @NewsyVideos. Previously web/SM guy for @kq2. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:11:47Z
- TauhidChappell (Tauhid Chappell)
- @KatDuncanPhoto You’re 100% ready for #wjchat haha.
- 2012-01-05T01:11:51Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- We know there are Twitter API issues, but we recommend chatting through http://t.co/kdmPvZOk … seems to be working. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:11:56Z
- ericsandy (Eric Sandy)
- Eric Sandy here, practicing digital journalism in small towns around Cleveland #wjchat Greetings, all!
- 2012-01-05T01:12:16Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- Hi, #wjchat. I’m Kenna, a journalism professor and student media adviser. I blog about media at www.profkrg.com.
- 2012-01-05T01:12:35Z
- knowtheory (Ted Han)
- @KatDuncanPhoto @mikusmatt #wjchat Yeah, Clark Kent had one (hidden under a suit some how)
- 2012-01-05T01:12:59Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @TauhidChappell You know it! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:13:04Z
- TheChalkOutline (Scott Schwebke)
- RT @TheChalkOutline: @wjchat Scott Schwebke, crime, breaking news, enterprise reporter at Ogden, Utah, Standard-Examiner #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:13:09Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- @nathanbyrne hey, Nathan! *waves* #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:13:10Z
- ValleyIndy (The Valley Indy)
- Hey #wjchat, I’m Eugene, reporter/editor of online-only CT news site http://t.co/fGoFdB2M
- 2012-01-05T01:13:29Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- @wjchat LiciB digital & social media editor in Hattiesburg, Miss. Aloha! :) #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:13:54Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- @TheChalkOutline Yeah, Scott’s here! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:14:18Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @knowtheory @mikusmatt Clark Kent was a serious pro! Someday I’ll find a way to wear a cape under a suit too. Watch out world. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:14:19Z
- benberkowitz (Ben Berkowitz)
- Wow. #TweetChat has Magic work around to twitter API problems. Its working better than Twitter for me right now #WJCHAT #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:14:32Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @harryLfunk heya! how are you doing this evening? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:14:34Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- @LiciBev there’s one of my favorite ladies! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:14:39Z
- TheChalkOutline (Scott Schwebke)
- @wjchat New beat assignment for me! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:14:47Z
- JeremyKnop (Jeremy Knop)
- @wjchat Web content mgr at Ariz State University, journo student at Cronkite School ASU graduating in May. Professional photog. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:14:57Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- Ready for the lightning round! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:15:08Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- Hey @profkrg @TauhidChappell @katduncanphoto @thechalkoutline @licibev @harrylfunk @webjournalist #superherostyle #nocapenecessary #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:15:11Z
- TylerMachado (Tyler Machado)
- @wjchat hi! I’m Tyler from Seven Days in Vermont, the largest city in our state has 40,000 people in it. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:15:26Z
- mikusmatt (Matt Mikus)
- “@KatDuncanPhoto: @knowtheory @mikusmatt Clark Kent was a serious pro! Someday I’ll find a way to wear a cape under a suit too. #wjchat”
- 2012-01-05T01:15:33Z
- nathanbyrne (Nathan Byrne)
- @profkrg Hey, there! Finally had the chance to get back in on #wjchat. Excited!
- 2012-01-05T01:15:35Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- We’re starting tonight’s #wjchat with a lightning round for @adriana_acosta … ready?!
- 2012-01-05T01:15:46Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- @benberkowitz it’s rare for Tweetchat to work better than anything, but I agree. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:15:46Z
- TauhidChappell (Tauhid Chappell)
- RT @webjournalist: NOTE TO FOLLOWERS: It’s time for #wjchat … so expect a flood of Web journalism related tweets. Join us and share your thoughts!
- 2012-01-05T01:15:51Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- @profkrg @wjchat Hi Kenna! Happy New Year! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:16:08Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- @TheChalkOutline What’s the new beat? No more fires? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:16:09Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- LR1 @adriana_acosta How large of an audience does the Matagorda Advocate attract in print circ or in monthly page views? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:16:09Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @KatDuncanPhoto Just fine! Watching football and chatting, can’t beat that. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:17:31Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- #tweetchat works great – Tweetdeck and Twitter have both failed me this evening! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:17:34Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- @nathanbyrne good to have you back! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:17:39Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @harryLfunk too true! #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:17:53Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- RT @webjournalist: NOTE TO FOLLOWERS: It’s time for #wjchat … so expect a flood of Web journalism related tweets. Join us and share your thoughts!
- 2012-01-05T01:18:03Z
- gotoplanb (Dave Stanton)
- @wjchat Dave Stanton. Mobile dev. Co-lead for Poynter EyeTrack:Tablet. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:18:24Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- @mattderienzo @nathanbyrne Good evening, gentlemen! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:18:30Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- @profkrg #humpday – wait, no, it’s #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:18:34Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- @LiciBev and to you. I assume that you rang it on with style. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:18:40Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- LR1 The @matadvocate circ print is apx 5,000 every Thursday. We get about 6,000 unique page views. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:18:44Z
- JeremyKnop (Jeremy Knop)
- RT @webjournalist: NOTE TO FOLLOWERS: It’s time for #wjchat … so expect a flood of Web journalism related tweets. Join us and share your thoughts!
- 2012-01-05T01:19:04Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @KatDuncanPhoto Plus beer. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:19:15Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- @harryLfunk Hey! Watching football and chatting. That’s talented! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:19:15Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- LR2 @adriana_acosta As editor of a small weekly, what special challenges do you face that larger circ organizations don’t? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:19:16Z
- TheChalkOutline (Scott Schwebke)
- @LiciBev No more city hall beat for me after seven years. Now fire, crime and mayhem full time. Joy! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:19:39Z
- tomprete (Tom Prete)
- @wjchat Oops, sorry guys, gotta run. The sunset is just that spectacular. #wjchat #westcoastproblems
- 2012-01-05T01:20:00Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- Really small! RT @Adriana_Acosta: LR1 The @matadvocate circ print is apx 5,000 every Thursday. We get about 6,000 unique page views. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:20:01Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- RT @Adriana_Acosta: LR1 The @matadvocate circ print is apx 5,000 every Thursday. We get about 6,000 unique page views. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:20:24Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @harryLfunk hahaha well thats just the perfect combination then! I went for wine, but still delicious. #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:20:25Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- @brianboyer It was my dream to work at the Trib. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:20:26Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- L2 challenges are many! I’m editor & GM so I follow a strict schedule of when to go out & report. Work layout, stories..etc. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:20:27Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @profkrg I can chew gum at the same time, too! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:21:00Z
- benberkowitz (Ben Berkowitz)
- CT is in the building cc @valleyindy @mattderienzo – Dance Off vs. Chicago…your move @brianboyer #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:21:01Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- @LiciBev Small but great paper serving a county of about 36,000 people. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:21:21Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @Adriana_Acosta @wjchat 6,000 unique page views per a day or week? What are some of your top stories? (P.s Hi Adriana!) #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:21:24Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @KatDuncanPhoto Either or, it’s Wednesday in a short week! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:21:30Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- LR3 via @TheChalkOutline: What is the most popular social media platform for news in rural areas? Facebook, twitter, other and why? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:21:37Z
- WestCoasChops (West Coast Chops)
- RT @Martha_Kang: @adampopescu #yuk #yuk #yuk #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:21:41Z
- abdu_bbc (عبدالرحمن الشيال)
- @Adriana_Acosta @wjchat Hi! How much interest do intl. Stories generate amongst your readers if any? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:21:42Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- @TheChalkOutline @LiciBev I wonder which beat is more trauma-prone, crime or city hall. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:22:04Z
- ValleyIndy (The Valley Indy)
- RT @benberkowitz: CT is in the building cc @valleyindy @mattderienzo – Dance Off vs. Chicago…your move @brianboyer #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:22:12Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @profkrg @brianboyer never give up on your dreams! You never know where life will take you, especially in journalism. #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:22:21Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- L3 Facebook seems to be the most popular social media platform. Everyone uses it, easy access. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:22:23Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- me too! MT @Adriana_Acosta: L2 challenges are many! Work layout, stories..etc. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:22:32Z
- benberkowitz (Ben Berkowitz)
- RT @profkrg: @TheChalkOutline @LiciBev I wonder which beat is more trauma-prone, crime or city hall. (City Hall) #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:22:37Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @Adriana_Acosta That sounds like one of those 24/7-type jobs, not even taking social media into consideration. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:22:43Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- Cool to see a lot of familiar and new faces in #wjchat … I feel like I’ve been gone for weeks… oh wait, I have. #goodtobehome
- 2012-01-05T01:22:49Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- Our readership at the @Record_Journal is very engaged on Facebook. Twitter is second. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:23:04Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- Okay, now time for the regular Qs aimed for all #wjchat attendees!
- 2012-01-05T01:23:09Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- Def city hall – yes judge. RT @profkrg: @TheChalkOutline @LiciBev I wonder which beat is more trauma-prone, crime or city hall. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:23:12Z
- TheChalkOutline (Scott Schwebke)
- @profkrg I can certainly tell you which is more mind numbing at times! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:23:14Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @harryLfunk so true. I worked through the holiday weekend so I start back tomorrow! #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:23:21Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- @Adriana_Acosta works at a paper almost the same circ size as the student media I advise. Heads up, @mediaocu. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:23:22Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- RT @Adriana_Acosta: L3 Facebook seems to be the most popular social media platform. Everyone uses it, easy access. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:23:35Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- @harryLfunk Lots of work, but love the job! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:23:42Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- Facebook has reached the typical print-reader demographic and many of them engage daily with us. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:23:42Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- Q1 Do you feel a digital divide in your town? If so, describe/define it. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:24:05Z
- mikusmatt (Matt Mikus)
- @wjchat alright! Question time! Hit me #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:24:13Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- @harryLfunk and drink beer! Alcohol and chats can make for a spinning head. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:24:14Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @LiciBev @Adriana_Acosta The biggest challenge I had at small-town weeklies was trying NOT to do too much. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:24:29Z
- Martha_Kang (Martha Kang)
- Hey, all at #wjchat! Martha here in Seattle, SM mngr @komonews. I’ll be in and out as I work/eavesdrop. P.S. Happy 2012!
- 2012-01-05T01:24:32Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- RT @Adriana_Acosta: L3 Facebook seems to be the most popular social media platform. Everyone uses it, easy access. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:24:38Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- Small town papers usually can’t compete with bigs RT @wjchat Q1 Do you feel a digital divide in your town? If so, describe/define it #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:24:46Z
- ivanlajara (Ivan Lajara)
- RT @wjchat: Q1 Do you feel a digital divide in your town? If so, describe/define it. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:24:57Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- RT @wjchat: Q1 Do you feel a digital divide in your town? If so, describe/define it. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:24:59Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @wjchat When I worked in a small Kansas town, the local farmers loved Twitter! Had awesome #agchats with them. #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:25:11Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- RT @harryLfunk: @Adriana_Acosta That sounds like one of those 24/7-type jobs, not even taking social media into consideration. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:25:16Z
- mikusmatt (Matt Mikus)
- @wjchat A1: when we have a lot of people with limited to no Internet access, so yeah, there’s a divide #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:25:25Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @wjchat Not really, because the demographic is OLD. Keeps the print going but the digital element somewhat underappreciated. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:25:40Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- @webjournalist well… Look who is here. *waves* #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:25:43Z
- acnatta (André Natta)
- RT @wjchat: Q1 Do you feel a digital divide in your town? If so, describe/define it. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:25:50Z
- TheChalkOutline (Scott Schwebke)
- #wjchat I imagine facebook is more popular for news in small towns. And how would divide small towns? I’m in a city of 82,000.
- 2012-01-05T01:25:52Z
- DigitalKaitlyn (Kaitlyn Marie)
- RT @wjchat: About 45 minutes from the start of #wjchat … we’re talking about Digital Journalism in Small Towns. Have a Q? Submit it!
- 2012-01-05T01:26:04Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- Q1 Yes, we have younger generation that wants everything online, & we have older generation who wants a physical copy of the paper. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:26:12Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @profkrg Probably, but I’m up for the challenge. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:26:14Z
- NewsCannon (William Cannon)
- @webjournalist I’m a digital editor in Utica NY. I’m a medium mkt supporting 2 small mkt sites #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:26:22Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- us, too RT @mikusmatt: @wjchat A1: when we have a lot of people with limited to no Internet access, so yeah, theres a divide #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:26:26Z
- mikusmatt (Matt Mikus)
- “@harryLfunk: @wjchat Not really, the demographic is OLD. Keeps print going but the digital element somewhat underappreciated. #wjchat” true
- 2012-01-05T01:26:34Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- RT @AMartinMedia: Facebook has reached the typical print-reader demographic and many of them engage daily with us. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:26:38Z
- mattderienzo (Matt DeRienzo)
- @wjchat A1. Small town Facebook use is huge like anywhere. But engaging them with your brand still a challenge. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:26:40Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- RT @wjchat: Q1 Do you feel a digital divide in your town? If so, describe/define it. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:26:50Z
- kat_szabs (Catherine Szabo)
- Hey, what’s the best way to follow #wjchat? I always seem to miss something in tweetdeck.
- 2012-01-05T01:26:53Z
- ericsandy (Eric Sandy)
- @wjchat A1 Digital divide seems to fall along age demographics. Many prefer print, others slowly picking up on online, local news. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:26:54Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- @wjchat In LA, it’s all about little regional papers trying to stay relevant with limited $ competing against bigs like @latimes A1 #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:26:57Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- @wjchat A1 and many people skittish about the Internet in general. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:27:02Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- A reminder that while we are focusing on Small Towns tonight, all perspectives — as always — are welcomed. #wjchat Qs apply to everyone.
- 2012-01-05T01:27:13Z
- KurtMoore (Kurt Moore)
- @wjchat I live in a rural community. Many older don’t get online or ppl without internet. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:27:28Z
- JeremyKnop (Jeremy Knop)
- @wjchat There is a divide for the paper. Had to declare bankruptcy last month. Majority of population is older and not tech savvy. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:27:33Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- Ironically, college students prefer campus ppr in print. Q1 Do you feel a digital divide in your town? If so, describe/define it. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:27:37Z
- acnatta (André Natta)
- Q1 It’s more a gap between levels of understanding just what can be done than anything else #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:27:38Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- @profkrg Hi! How are you?! Happy New Year…. ready for the coming semester? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:27:39Z
- benberkowitz (Ben Berkowitz)
- #WJChat – Participatory divide in #NHV. Nearly equal digital access but not as much meaningful digital participation. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:27:42Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @mattderienzo @wjchat agreed. And especially engaging them in interesting and positive ways. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:27:45Z
- ValleyIndy (The Valley Indy)
- #wjchat A1: We feel digital divide between municipal leaders and the avg resident. Avg resident connected, leaders not. But it’s shrinking.
- 2012-01-05T01:27:49Z
- mikusmatt (Matt Mikus)
- @wjchat Our best way to gain interest is through Facebook #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:27:51Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- @mattderienzo I print house ads in newspaper directing them to FB or Twitter or website. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:27:57Z
- ericsandy (Eric Sandy)
- RT @mattderienzo: @wjchat A1. Small town Facebook use is huge like anywhere. But engaging them with your brand still a challenge. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:28:00Z
- knowtheory (Ted Han)
- @wjchat A1) #CoMo is more digital disorganization than divide, but that’s it’s a problem in its own right. Sign of smaller local tho #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:28:05Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @mikusmatt @wjchat “demographic is OLD. Keeps print going” We know that will hurt us in the long run, but need to pay bills now. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:28:09Z
- ivanlajara (Ivan Lajara)
- A1. Divide exists in rural areas. But bigger concern are agencies who refuse to go digital even if it would help them, thus traning #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:28:14Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- Yes! RT @acnatta: Q1 Its more a gap between levels of understanding just what can be done than anything else #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:28:33Z
- KurtMoore (Kurt Moore)
- #wjchat It presents problems The trend is online. But many readers prefer print still.
- 2012-01-05T01:28:39Z
- Martha_Kang (Martha Kang)
- @mattderienzo Very interesting re: FB use in small town. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:28:42Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- Q1 we offer digital edition, but many don’t utilize it, would rather have print copy. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:29:03Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- @Adriana_Acosta “younger generation wants everything online, & we have older generation who wants a physical copy of the paper” A1 #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:29:07Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- RT @mattderienzo: @wjchat A1. Small town Facebook use is huge like anywhere. But engaging them with your brand still a challenge. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:29:11Z
- mattderienzo (Matt DeRienzo)
- RT @ValleyIndy: #wjchat A1: We feel digital divide between municipal leaders and the avg resident. Avg resident connected, leaders not. But it’s shrinking.
- 2012-01-05T01:29:16Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- Q2 coming in two minutes! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:29:19Z
- mattderienzo (Matt DeRienzo)
- RT @benberkowitz: #WJChat – Participatory divide in #NHV. Nearly equal digital access but not as much meaningful digital participation. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:29:28Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- We run house ads and promotions/contests for our social media platforms. We seen success. Albeit small, but progress starts that way #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:29:28Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @wjchat @Adriana_Acosta @mattderienzo “I print house ads in newspaper.” We do that, but I doubt there’s much of a crossover. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:29:19Z
- mattderienzo (Matt DeRienzo)
- RT @benberkowitz: #WJChat – Participatory divide in #NHV. Nearly equal digital access but not as much meaningful digital participation. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:29:28Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- We run house ads and promotions/contests for our social media platforms. We seen success. Albeit small, but progress starts that way #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:29:28Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @wjchat @Adriana_Acosta @mattderienzo “I print house ads in newspaper.” We do that, but I doubt there’s much of a crossover. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:29:37Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- RT @KurtMoore: #wjchat It presents problems The trend is online. But many readers prefer print still.
- 2012-01-05T01:29:38Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- RT @wjchat: Q1 Do you feel a digital divide in your town? If so, describe/define it. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:30:17Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- @Martha_Kang @mattderienzo our area likes FB too. Good for young and old. and those with slow-tech access. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:30:25Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- Total haves and have nots in $ RT @Adriana_Acosta RT @wjchat Q1 Do you feel a digital divide in your town? If so, describe/define it #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:30:27Z
- TheChalkOutline (Scott Schwebke)
- @wjchat You have to use what ever platform works with readers. If it’s facebook use it #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:30:30Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- @harryLfunk I also use the local radio station and talk about our FB, Twitter and website. That seems to work a bit. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:30:32Z
- NewsCannon (William Cannon)
- @wjchat definite divide in upstate NY. socioeconomic, but also lack of broad access for years. Hi-speed wireless arrived 2 wks ago. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:30:37Z
- ClairDogg (Clair Wyant)
- @wjchat Q1 YES! Some areas have great high speed internet while others (like mine) barely have internet (in medium size city). #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:30:38Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- Hi, I’m @saleemkhan , a Toronto-based journalist focused on innovation. This is my chat-only account. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:30:39Z
- LATams (Tami Abdollah)
- @wjchat There is definitely a divide within newsrooms btwn those pushing digital and those pushing it away. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:30:40Z
- mattderienzo (Matt DeRienzo)
- @wjchat A1. We’ve found success engaging where THEY are on Facebook, i.e., a group organized around reminiscing about the town. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:30:43Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @KatDuncanPhoto @mattderienzo @wjchat We find our FB is popular among a certain demographic, women ages 30-50. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:30:44Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- RT @wjchat: Q1 Do you feel a digital divide in your town? If so, describe/define it. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:30:59Z
- mattderienzo (Matt DeRienzo)
- RT @LiciBev: @Martha_Kang @mattderienzo our area likes FB too. Good for young and old. and those with slow-tech access. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:31:02Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @harryLfunk @wjchat @Adriana_Acosta @mattderienzo truth. We do that too, we even have “Exclusive online” and “Exclusive in print” #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:31:09Z
- TauhidChappell (Tauhid Chappell)
- @profkrg Agreed, and I find it odd. Though my campus paper’s website could use more multimedia/interactives. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:31:13Z
- Martha_Kang (Martha Kang)
- @LiciBev @mattderienzo Twitter is a much harder sell, I imagine. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:31:21Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- Well put -cater to readers RT @TheChalkOutline @wjchat You have to use what ever platform works with readers. If its facebook use it #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:31:23Z
- benberkowitz (Ben Berkowitz)
- #WJCHAT – Q1. Here’s some live data on participation by neighborhood in #NHV on #SCF http://t.co/qkW19xZV Less $ Less Activity #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:31:26Z
- kat_szabs (Catherine Szabo)
- Q1 yes! We have a digital-only edition and get flack for not putting that copy into “real” print as well, essentially duplicating. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:31:34Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- @harryLfunk @Adriana_Acosta @mattderienzo Read studies that readers will go from print to online be/c of promo, but not vice versa. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:31:37Z
- LATams (Tami Abdollah)
- @adampopescu @wjchat Limited money and limited brand recognition is the big issue, especially online. How do you get yourself known. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:31:51Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- @KatDuncanPhoto That’s a great idea! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:31:59Z
- jeffcdi (Jeff Stanger)
- Hello @wjchat #wjchat from Jeff Stanger, Center for Digital Information in Washington, DC. Checking in on Episode 98.
- 2012-01-05T01:31:59Z
- ClairDogg (Clair Wyant)
- @wjchat Having major @TweetDeck issues. Will join in the chat next week. Sorry! Have fun all! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:32:21Z
- mattderienzo (Matt DeRienzo)
- @Martha_Kang @licibev It is, but Twitter is growing, and more buy-in from influencers, leaders. #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:32:22Z
- LATams (Tami Abdollah)
- @adampopescu @wjchat After all it’s a big wide world for news and the web is supposed to be a great equalizer for getting mssgs out. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:32:30Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- @latams “How do you get yourself know” #chickenorthegg #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:32:35Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @Martha_Kang @LiciBev @mattderienzo only sometimes. Worked for a small 30k paper in Kansas where the local farmers LOVED twitter. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:32:45Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @LATams @wjchat “divide w/in newsrooms btwn those pushing digital and those pushing away” Starting to bridge gap, but taken years! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:32:45Z
- kat_szabs (Catherine Szabo)
- RT @TheChalkOutline: @wjchat You have to use what ever platform works with readers. If it’s facebook use it #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:32:46Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- In my opinion, promoting print in your online product is like promoting your VHS on your DVD. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:32:53Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- @wjchat @Martha_Kang @mattderienzo Twitter took off fast at first, but I think the char limit puts some people off. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:33:22Z
- A_Mckeever (Andrew McKeever)
- RT @AMartinMedia: In my opinion, promoting print in your online product is like promoting your VHS on your DVD. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:33:28Z
- jeffcdi (Jeff Stanger)
- MT @lisawilliams Life & Code, learn-to-program blog written with journalists in mind, cracked 300 followers! http://t.co/hfFRkGHG #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:33:29Z
- mikusmatt (Matt Mikus)
- @Adriana_Acosta @katduncanphoto I agree! Great idea! Write that one down and claim I thought it myself #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:33:31Z
- mattderienzo (Matt DeRienzo)
- RT @AMartinMedia: In my opinion, promoting print in your online product is like promoting your VHS on your DVD. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:33:32Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- #WJChat #A1 There’s a divide in Toronto (pop. ~3mm) but also among towns outside urban centres. Dial-up/ no Net/cell still exists.
- 2012-01-05T01:33:33Z
- watershedpost (Watershed Post)
- @wjchat LR3: Facebook definitely the most popular in our rural area. More accessible than Twitter, which tends to draw info pros. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:33:42Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- Exactly! RT @AMartinMedia: In my opinion, promoting print in your online product is like promoting your VHS on your DVD. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:33:58Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- Q2 What do you think small-market readers want from online news? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:33:59Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @profkrg @Adriana_Acosta @mattderienzo “print to online be/c of promo, not vice versa” Our circ dept wants us to promo print online. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:34:21Z
- standardex (Standard-Examiner)
- @wjchat By the way what is a small town? I’m in a city of 82,000 which some would say is small #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:34:26Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- RT @wjchat: Q2 What do you think small-market readers want from online news? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:34:28Z
- kat_szabs (Catherine Szabo)
- @profkrg Do you have links to those studies? I saw one today about why ppl won’t go to online, curious how to get them engaged. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:34:47Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @LiciBev @wjchat @Martha_Kang @mattderienzo I like character limit. Prevents diarrhea of the keyboard. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:34:50Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @mikusmatt @Adriana_Acosta hahaha thanks, and go for it! Whatever works to help papers stay alive. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:34:54Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- ditto MT @SaleemChat A1 Theres a divide in Toronto (pop. ~3mm) but also among towns outside urban. Dial-up/ no Net/cell still exists #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:35:01Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- @TauhidChappell I have to figure it’s based on location. Reading in class, while waiting for things around campus. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:35:15Z
- mikusmatt (Matt Mikus)
- A2: Our online readers are mostly out of town, helps people stay connected. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:35:19Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- @LATams as long as there’s a platform to publish on and a public willing to read – we’re good in theory #ifatreefallsinthewoods … #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:35:19Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @AMartinMedia “In my opinion, promoting print in your online product is like promoting your VHS on your DVD.” Great analogy! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:35:27Z
- mattderienzo (Matt DeRienzo)
- A2. Must-read from @johnrobinson on this question. RT @wjchat: Q2 What do you think small-market readers want from online news? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:35:33Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- Q2 In my case, people want to see fresh content regularly. I try to post stories a few times a week. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:35:52Z
- ReachAngi (Angi Carter)
- @wjchat community engagement editor @nhregister- darting in & out – nice to see y’all from #CT & East Coast in the house! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:35:57Z
- benberkowitz (Ben Berkowitz)
- Q.2. Small-Market readers want to hear about things/people they are hyper familiar with. Their block, their neighbors.
#wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:35:58Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- @wjchat A2 breaking news, weather, pictures #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:36:00Z
- ivanlajara (Ivan Lajara)
- news (and names, obits and police beat) RT @wjchat: Q2 What do you think small-market readers want from online news? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:36:02Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- #WJChat #A1 The more critical digital divide is in newsrooms. Things are changing but too slowly. I ran a conference in 2010 to seed change.
- 2012-01-05T01:36:09Z
- watershedpost (Watershed Post)
- Q1 We see a divide between an increasingly digitally-literate public and gov’t/leadership that is much slower to embrace the web. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:36:17Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- A2. They want to engage with the news they’ve come to need from your print product. Digital allows us to do that. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:36:19Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- @standardex We didn’t set a measurement definition … everyone can define their own size. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:36:29Z
- LATams (Tami Abdollah)
- @adampopescu Haha. Tech issues AND working a story on deadline. The constant digital deadline. Thanks. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:36:30Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- Q2 Posting on FB or Twitter if I am in a ribbon cutting or event & tell them to go online to read story works too. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:36:39Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @wjchat The whole point of online is provide something the once-a-day paper can’t, so we focus on those aspects, not on repeats. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:36:40Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- RT @AMartinMedia: In my opinion, promoting print in your online product is like promoting your VHS on your DVD. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:36:41Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- @wjchat @latams definitely is a divide/disconnect between bigger pubs and smaller ones. Bigs look down at little, littles look up #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:36:42Z
- Martha_Kang (Martha Kang)
- @harryLfunk @LiciBev @wjchat @mattderienzo BWAHHAHA! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:36:50Z
- IRE_NICAR (IRE and NICAR)
- @adriana_acosta Googling Bay City, TX. So why’s it called Bay City if it’s not on a bay? Is it like Michael Bay City or something? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:36:57Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @wjchat A2. I think they want to know details about what they’re hearing on the police scanner! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:37:00Z
- TheChalkOutline (Scott Schwebke)
- @wjchat By the way what is a small town? I’m in a city of 82,000 which some would say is small #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:37:04Z
- jeffcdi (Jeff Stanger)
- Seems relevant to #wjchat — the move to digital consumption of news ’94-’11, 27 national surveys http://t.co/kryGGMFw #digitalinfo
- 2012-01-05T01:37:20Z
- ONABoston (ONA Boston)
- This week’s #wjchat is underway – follow and join in using Tweetchat here: http://t.co/VZX8NEm2
- 2012-01-05T01:37:23Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- @wjchat This is the battlefield “@SaleemChat The more critical digital divide is in newsrooms. Things are changing but too slowly.” #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:37:46Z
- acnatta (André Natta)
- Q2 They want to know a little more about the why (since you’ve got the “extra” space online to tell them #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:37:51Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- @wjchat Q2 I think, like everyone else, they consume all different types/sizes of content but really need local local local. #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:37:51Z
- ivanlajara (Ivan Lajara)
- cc GRENE COUNTY YOU GUYS! MT @watershedpost: Q1 We see a divide between public and govt/leadership much slower to embrace the web. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:37:51Z
- LATams (Tami Abdollah)
- @adampopescu You get yourself known by creating good content. Content is queen…and king. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:38:03Z
- JeremyKnop (Jeremy Knop)
- @wjchat Q2 They want the news to be just as good, important enough to print in a real paper. Some online news is low qlty they say. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:38:04Z
- NewsCannon (William Cannon)
- @wjchat #wjchat. Small town news is about interest, not geography. What is the local thread in any story, even national?
- 2012-01-05T01:38:16Z
- WestCoasChops (West Coast Chops)
- Ouchy RT @mattderienzo RT @AMartinMedia In my opinion, promoting print in your online product is like promoting your VHS on your DVD #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:38:17Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @wjchat our readers love breaking news. And photo galleries. And … the obits, thats where we get the most hits, strangely enough. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:38:21Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- @wjchat @mattderienzo @Martha_Kang I agree. twitter is growing, and more are not quite so enamored with fb #privacy #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:38:23Z
- ValleyIndy (The Valley Indy)
- Q.2. #wjchat A = News, plus to have direct interaction with reporters. To ask a question, any question, and to have it answered.
- 2012-01-05T01:38:48Z
- TheChalkOutline (Scott Schwebke)
- @wjchat Rural readers, want local, local, local #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:39:01Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- RT @Adriana_Acosta: Q2 In my case, people want to see fresh content regularly. I try to post stories a few times a week. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:39:09Z
- LATams (Tami Abdollah)
- @harryLfunk Baby steps. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:39:13Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- RT @LiciBev: @wjchat A2 breaking news, weather, pictures #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:39:13Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- @IRE_NICAR We are about 20 minutes from the bay! ;) #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:39:15Z
- RLma (Robin Lubbock)
- Journalists – #wjchat this week is talking about small town news – follow along here: http://t.co/NsdhnZ4Z
- 2012-01-05T01:39:16Z
- InlanderJoe (Joe O’Sullivan)
- Joe here, staff writer @TheInlander. Just spent three years working at papers in WY and SD. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:39:17Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- RT @ivanlajara: news (and names, obits and police beat) RT @wjchat: Q2 What do you think small-market readers want from online news? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:39:20Z
- ericsandy (Eric Sandy)
- @wjchat A2 Interactivity… i.e. forums, q&a, event schedules. Things that matter Immediately to them & their neighborhood. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:39:25Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- yep. MT @webjournalist: @wjchat Q2 I think, like everyone else, they consume all types/sizes of content but really need local local #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:39:27Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- @latams “You get yourself known by creating good content. Content is queen…and king” Well said but prob is getting chance to write #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:39:33Z
- kat_szabs (Catherine Szabo)
- @acnatta “extra space” yes, but are people going to stick around that long online? There’s so many distractions. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:39:39Z
- KaitlinFlanigan (Kaitlin Flanigan)
- Hi everyone, sorry for the late join – just getting off of work. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:40:12Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- Local is key for small-town news websites. Make it interactive, let them leave their opinions, and be sure to follow up. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:40:21Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- Amen to that! RT @TheChalkOutline: @wjchat Rural readers, want local, local, local #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:40:23Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- @latams For someone truly starting from scratch creating content can be daunting task but with tech/access possib.s are near endless #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:40:32Z
- TauhidChappell (Tauhid Chappell)
- @KaitlinFlanigan Good to see ya in here! #wjchat
#wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:40:34Z
- JeremyKnop (Jeremy Knop)
- @wjchat A2 They also want to receive more hyperlocal content. The news that affects them the most. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:40:37Z
- LATams (Tami Abdollah)
- @adampopescu That is a problem. And writing in a black hole or a vacuum isn’t helpful either. “If a tree falls” conundrum. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:40:38Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- @KaitlinFlanigan Hi! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:40:41Z
- KaitlinFlanigan (Kaitlin Flanigan)
- W/ small towns, they want to feel engaged. They want to see their neighbors, & have resources to be active themselves. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:40:42Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @wjchat Our most-read stories online usually have something to do with crime. People seem to want to know how bad neighbors are. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:40:44Z
- acnatta (André Natta)
- @kat_szabs if they’ve come there looking for it, yes. Just because we think in 140 characters doesn’t mean they do ;-) #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:41:28Z
- watershedpost (Watershed Post)
- Q2 Small-town readers want local news, yes — but they also want to feel talked to. They get left out of the media echo chamber. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:41:33Z
- KurtMoore (Kurt Moore)
- #wjchat Difficulty is getting staff to write tighter, and to not be afraid to report news online. Ppl want to hear first news. So digtl 1st.
- 2012-01-05T01:41:43Z
- InlanderJoe (Joe O’Sullivan)
- @AMartinMedia @mattderienzo Not for older, rural populations where readership is still high. Re: VHS/DVD #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:41:44Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- Q3 coming in two minutes! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:41:44Z
- mattderienzo (Matt DeRienzo)
- RT @NAT_DigitalJen: @wjchat #wjchat Readers in our area our resisting our paywall which covers everything even breaking news. Gives advantage to online comp
- 2012-01-05T01:41:51Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @KatDuncanPhoto @wjchat “I also think one of the best aspects of online journalism is VIDEO!” Certainly adds impact print can’t. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:41:57Z
- acnatta (André Natta)
- @kat_szabs + it gives us a chance to take advantage of video/audio/cool web stuff – it doesn’t have to be more text #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:42:14Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- @harryLfunk They also want to know who got arrested. We have a very popular cops and courts page. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:42:17Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- RT @JeremyKnop: @wjchat A2 They also want to receive more hyperlocal content. The news that affects them the most. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:42:17Z
- NAT_DigitalJen (Jennifer Huberdeau)
- AGREE! @Adriana_Acosta @TheChalkOutline @wjchat Rural readers, want local, local, local #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:42:18Z
- watershedpost (Watershed Post)
- RT @ValleyIndy: Q.2. #wjchat A = News, plus to have direct interaction with reporters. To ask a question, any question, and to have it answered.
- 2012-01-05T01:42:32Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- RT @wjchat: Q3 coming in two minutes! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:42:54Z
- TheChalkOutline (Scott Schwebke)
- @wjchat Chicken dinner stuff. Plenty of photos of school activites, youth sports and pics of their neighbors. Kids sell papers #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:42:57Z
- mattderienzo (Matt DeRienzo)
- RT @ValleyIndy: Q.2. #wjchat A = News, plus to have direct interaction with reporters. To ask a question, any question, and to have it answered.
- 2012-01-05T01:43:00Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- the backyard fence! neighbors! MT @KaitlinFlanigan: they want to feel engaged. They want to see neighbors, be active themselves. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:43:21Z
- danoshinsky (Dan Oshinsky)
- RT @KaitlinFlanigan: W/ small towns, they want to feel engaged. They want to see their neighbors, & have resources to be active. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:43:33Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @KaitlinFlanigan very true. One of the papers I worked at let readers start blogs on their site in a ‘community blogger’ section. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:43:34Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @KurtMoore “Ppl want to hear first news. So digtl 1st.” Yes, it’s old by the time the dead trees arrive on the doorstep … #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:43:47Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- News about active social clubs also drives traffic to online. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:43:48Z
- JeremyKnop (Jeremy Knop)
- @wjchat @harryLfunk @KatDuncanPhoto I agree, even online newspapers could benefit from having video published. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:43:49Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @KaitlinFlanigan not only got people to the site, but got them contributing and interacting. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:44:45Z
- KurtMoore (Kurt Moore)
- @wjchat Chicken dinner stuff and backyard fence. Exactly. Both sum up rural to a T. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:44:46Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- Neighbors will always talk to neighbors about the news. Digital allows for the conversation to happen right on your website. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:44:46Z
- acnatta (André Natta)
- RT @wjchat: Q3 Can a big corporate company effectively serve/cover a small town? *cough* http://t.co/41V9lOaa *cough* #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:44:52Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @LiciBev @KaitlinFlanigan “They want to see neighbors” … in the police log. Oh, I guess they like the occasional good news, too! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:44:56Z
- NewsCannon (William Cannon)
- We are headed there now RT @KatDuncanPhoto: …let readers start blogs on their site in a ‘community blogger’ section. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:44:59Z
- DFNewsCat (Digital First cat)
- MT @watershedpost: echo chamber echo chamber echo chamber echo chamber echo chamber echo chamber echo chamber #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:44:59Z
- Martha_Kang (Martha Kang)
- @wjchat BWAHHHAHAH!! What’s with the coughing fit, eh? :D #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:45:04Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @JeremyKnop @wjchat @harryLfunk yes! especially well thought out, quality storytelling in video. Its amazing what it can do. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:45:21Z
- annekristoff (anne kristoff )
- @wjchat really depends on the small town. i was in lower Ala and no one cared about digi. Now i’m in Fbnaks & folks are very engaged #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:45:25Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- Ummm… I guess I should disclose that I am running the @wjchat account tonight and Q3 was my question. It had to be asked! #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:45:26Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- Not if they pay so low RT @wjchat: Q3 Can a big corporate company effectively serve/cover a small town? *cough* http://t.co/VDlmcY4B #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:45:29Z
- mikusmatt (Matt Mikus)
- @wjchat #wjchat cough no cough A3
- 2012-01-05T01:45:39Z
- JeremyKnop (Jeremy Knop)
- RT @wjchat: Q3 Can a big corporate company effectively serve/cover a small town? *cough* http://t.co/hiKAFIQk *cough* #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:45:44Z
- KaitlinFlanigan (Kaitlin Flanigan)
- @wjchat Oh boy. That’s a tough one. If corporate stays out of the day-to-day operations, then there’s hope. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:45:50Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- Big (absent) companies should never be able to cover a small community as well as those who live and work there. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:45:56Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- RT @wjchat: Q2 What do you think small-market readers want from online news? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:45:57Z
- kat_szabs (Catherine Szabo)
- Tweetdeck is patchy; running twitter on phone, twitter for mac and tweetchat, just to keep up with #wjchat. Not a twitter nerd at all. ;)
- 2012-01-05T01:46:08Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- A3. With newspaper companies being in the small town for decades, it’s an uphill battle to dethrone them and make a profit. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:46:15Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- RT @KaitlinFlanigan: @wjchat Oh boy. That’s a tough one. If corporate stays out of the day-to-day operations, then there’s hope. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:46:16Z
- TheChalkOutline (Scott Schwebke)
- @wjchat I’m participating in this chat while cleaning out 7 years of notebooks food wrappers,etc from my cubile Got pics to prove it #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:46:20Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @NAT_DigitalJen @Adriana_Acosta @TheChalkOutline @wjchat We preach LOCAL for online but pick up AP stories b/c of lack of staff. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:46:20Z
- KaitlinFlanigan (Kaitlin Flanigan)
- @harryLfunk @LiciBev I LOVED the police log growing up. Things get weird in rural Oregon. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:46:26Z
- InlanderJoe (Joe O’Sullivan)
- #wjchat A3: With the right person. Say, hiring a longtime local paper or radio vet in said town. But how many opportunities there for that?
- 2012-01-05T01:46:29Z
- mattderienzo (Matt DeRienzo)
- @wjchat A3. Depends on the big company! Biased, but #JRC #DFM doing it by trusting its local journos, partnering w/ local bloggers. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:46:41Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- @wjchat A3 well, we do. yeah, there are rules, initiatives, but in the end I have to decide what I think is best locally. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:46:44Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- Big companies make each town a stereotype. Journalist who live/work there understand what makes the community different. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:46:44Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- @wjchat Q3 Local is better. It has an incredible advantage… and I think that is what Patch is trying. But it’s expensive. #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:46:44Z
- ericsandy (Eric Sandy)
- @wjchat A3 Seems to depend on the discretion and talents of staffers on the ground. It can work, but the model must be supportive. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:46:45Z
- JeremyKnop (Jeremy Knop)
- @KatDuncanPhoto Absolutely, my hometown paper started, got great response, but just a little too late. Now filing bankruptcy. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:46:47Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- #WJChat #A2 Small-town news communities want the same thing everyone wants: A reliable source of information.
- 2012-01-05T01:46:50Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- Q3 – They may have more $$$, but smaller papers know the town, the people & what’s going on in town. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:46:51Z
- KurtMoore (Kurt Moore)
- @wjchat A3. Some of these places lack same experience. Ethics. But they may know community. So it depends #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:46:52Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- RT @profkrg: Big (absent) companies should never be able to cover a small community as well as those who live and work there. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:46:54Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @wjchat A3: If they pay locals to spend real time and effort on their stories.. sure. If not, then no. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:47:03Z
- acnatta (André Natta)
- Q3 honestly, I think it can depending on who’s operating it. Big corps cover some small markets in print already #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:47:27Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @TheChalkOutline @wjchat talk about multitasking! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:47:30Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- Local ppr should never be scooped by the big news agency. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:47:36Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- RT @KurtMoore: @wjchat Chicken dinner stuff and backyard fence. Exactly. Both sum up rural to a T. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:47:43Z
- TauhidChappell (Tauhid Chappell)
- @annekristoff I hope to find a digitally engaged community when I graduate. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:47:56Z
- KurtMoore (Kurt Moore)
- @wjchat My paper small, but owned by one of largest companies. Often things don’t filter down to us. Small staff of less than 10. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:47:57Z
- KaitlinFlanigan (Kaitlin Flanigan)
- Indeed RT @KatDuncanPhoto: @wjchat A3: If they pay locals to spend real time and effort on their stories.. sure. If not, then no. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:47:57Z
- NewsCannon (William Cannon)
- @wjchat #wjchat. It’s about understanding the mkt. Local mgrs can lead & answer to corporate. There has to be listening from the top.
- 2012-01-05T01:48:02Z
- ivanlajara (Ivan Lajara)
- A3. Whatever big corporatepersonman @mattderienzo says ;D #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:48:12Z
- annekristoff (anne kristoff )
- Q3 – are we talking about them covering sans actually having someone local there?? @acnatta #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:48:17Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @JeremyKnop @wjchat “Its amazing what video can do.” Speaking of which: http://t.co/LdcgWG2w #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:48:25Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @JeremyKnop that’s a shame! I’m so sorry! Its always sad to see a paper fail because of money. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:48:29Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- lol RT @KatDuncanPhoto: @TheChalkOutline @wjchat talk about multitasking! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:48:34Z
- kat_szabs (Catherine Szabo)
- @acnatta exactly! We have a digital-only edition I can embed video & widgets in; ppl still get mad when the content isn’t in print. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:48:41Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- @profkrg They can try, but they will fail. :) #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:48:42Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- RT @westcoaschops: @adriana_acosta EVERYTHING for FREE RT @wjchat Q2 What do you think small-market readers want from online news?
#wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:48:53Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- @wjchat Q3 To really serve the community, the news org needs to be local. Ownership, where ever but really local focused content. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:48:55Z
- JeremyKnop (Jeremy Knop)
- @wjchat A3 Idk, maybe, as long as it isn’t *cough* http://t.co/hiKAFIQk *cough*. I really have a cold too that was no joke. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:49:11Z
- watershedpost (Watershed Post)
- Q3 Whether Patch can succeed is a deeper question than “big company + small town news = success?” #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:49:30Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- @KurtMoore We are only 3 in staff. Our sister paper has apx 100. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:49:38Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- @wjchat Q3 In fact, Imma say these are the two must haves for success: Local first + Web first. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:49:44Z
- ivanlajara (Ivan Lajara)
- But yes, it can, where the huge asterisk lands on how much freedom you have to run your shop. We are thankful that we do. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:49:45Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @harryLfunk @JeremyKnop @wjchat aw shucks! thanks! :) #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:49:49Z
- annekristoff (anne kristoff )
- RT @watershedpost: Q3 Whether Patch can succeed is a deeper question than “big company + small town news = success?” #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:49:55Z
- InlanderJoe (Joe O’Sullivan)
- #wjchat A3 Corporate orgs can do a good job in rural areas: @CSTribune is one example (Lee). Plenty of others don’t: depends on local staff.
- 2012-01-05T01:50:04Z
- JeremyKnop (Jeremy Knop)
- RT @harryLfunk: @JeremyKnop @wjchat “Its amazing what video can do.” Speaking of which: http://t.co/LdcgWG2w #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:50:09Z
- watershedpost (Watershed Post)
- Q3 But if decisionmaking on both editorial and biz sides is mostly local, I think big companies can deliver small-town news. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:50:11Z
- KaitlinFlanigan (Kaitlin Flanigan)
- RT @webjournalist: @wjchat Q3 In fact, Imma say these are the two must haves for success: Local first + Web first. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:50:23Z
- KurtMoore (Kurt Moore)
- @wjchat Locally focused news is the key. Even two counties over not local enough sometimes. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:50:25Z
- acnatta (André Natta)
- @annekristoff it’s got to be boots on the ground a la @webjournalist, but ownership can be from wherever #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:50:26Z
- ValleyIndy (The Valley Indy)
- RT @webjournalist: @wjchat Q3 In fact, Imma say these are the two must haves for success: Local first + Web first. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:50:36Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @wjchat A3. Noticing big corps. as “startups” have a disadvantage w/ established media. Loyal readers, although they won’t admit. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:50:38Z
- InlanderJoe (Joe O’Sullivan)
- RT @webjournalist: @wjchat Q3 In fact, Imma say these are the two must haves for success: Local first + Web first. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:50:41Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- Local > web always RT @webjournalist: @wjchat Q3 In fact, Imma say these are the two must haves for success: Local first + Web first #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:50:44Z
- benberkowitz (Ben Berkowitz)
- A3. Don’t #JRC, #MNG and #Gannett fall into that category or are we talking about all digital?
#wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:50:25Z
- acnatta (André Natta)
- @annekristoff it’s got to be boots on the ground a la @webjournalist, but ownership can be from wherever #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:50:26Z
- ValleyIndy (The Valley Indy)
- RT @webjournalist: @wjchat Q3 In fact, Imma say these are the two must haves for success: Local first + Web first. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:50:36Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @wjchat A3. Noticing big corps. as “startups” have a disadvantage w/ established media. Loyal readers, although they won’t admit. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:50:38Z
- InlanderJoe (Joe O’Sullivan)
- RT @webjournalist: @wjchat Q3 In fact, Imma say these are the two must haves for success: Local first + Web first. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:50:41Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- Local > web always RT @webjournalist: @wjchat Q3 In fact, Imma say these are the two must haves for success: Local first + Web first #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:50:44Z
- benberkowitz (Ben Berkowitz)
- A3. Don’t #JRC, #MNG and #Gannett fall into that category or are we talking about all digital?
#wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:50:51Z
- danoshinsky (Dan Oshinsky)
- This–> RT @watershedpost: Whether Patch can succeed is a deeper question than “big company + small town news = success?” #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:51:02Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- RT @webjournalist: @wjchat Q3 In fact, Imma say these are the two must haves for success: Local first + Web first. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:51:31Z
- TheChalkOutline (Scott Schwebke)
- @wjchat I’ve paid my dues at tiny rural papers #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:51:35Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- Q3 Can a big corporate company effectively serve/cover a small town? *cough* http://t.co/EYXkR2kH *cough* #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:51:50Z
- Martha_Kang (Martha Kang)
- I buy it. RT @webjournalist: @wjchat Q3 In fact, Imma say these are the two must haves for success: Local first + Web first. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:51:51Z
- acnatta (André Natta)
- Q3 some folks at large pubs now started at smaller pubs; community got to trust them. Trust that there story is being told fairly. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:51:51Z
- NAT_DigitalJen (Jennifer Huberdeau)
- @AMartinMedia @wjchat #wjchat Disagree. We have local online competitor that people flock to. Even worse with paywall
- 2012-01-05T01:51:58Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- RT @KurtMoore: @wjchat Locally focused news is the key. Even two counties over not local enough sometimes. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:52:11Z
- InlanderJoe (Joe O’Sullivan)
- #wjchat A3 To keep pimping my last paper, @CSTribune does an excellent job of local & online. Great example of a newsroom in sync w/ digital
- 2012-01-05T01:52:18Z
- benberkowitz (Ben Berkowitz)
- Q3. I also think original content is important to local everywhere platforms. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:52:22Z
- acnatta (André Natta)
- Exhibit A | RT @TheChalkOutline: @wjchat Ive paid my dues at tiny rural papers #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:52:29Z
- NewsCannon (William Cannon)
- Very true RT @KurtMoore: @wjchat Locally focused news is the key. Even two counties over not local enough sometimes. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:52:31Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @KatDuncanPhoto @JeremyKnop @wjchat Seriously, these tell the stories very effectively, examples of what can be accomplished. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:52:43Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- Looks like Q3 didn’t go through… just re-sent. #damnAPIissues #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:52:45Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @wjchat Though web is important, until papers are generating more money from web than from print, print will always be priority. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:52:51Z
- NAT_DigitalJen (Jennifer Huberdeau)
- @KurtMoore @wjchat #wjchat Same here, only reporting staff of 3.
- 2012-01-05T01:52:54Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- @NAT_DigitalJen paywall may be the issue. If the competitor has the same quality content for free… #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:52:59Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- RT @benberkowitz: Q3. I also think original content is important to local everywhere platforms. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:53:14Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- Agree. Spent time @bhcourier #latimescommunitypapers and others RT @TheChalkOutline: @wjchat Ive paid my dues at tiny rural papers #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:53:22Z
- mikusmatt (Matt Mikus)
- @webjournalist @wjchat if our audience was more web savvy then yes we would need web first #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:53:34Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- RT @wjchat: Q3 Can a big corporate company effectively serve/cover a small town? *cough* http://t.co/EYXkR2kH *cough* #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:53:45Z
- ValleyIndy (The Valley Indy)
- A3 #wjchat Some Patch sites show the amazing power of a single motivated reporter. Or the dreck of an unmotivated one.
- 2012-01-05T01:53:50Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- MT @KatDuncanPhoto: @wjchat Web is important, until papers generating more $ from web than from print, print will always be priority #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:53:50Z
- JeremyKnop (Jeremy Knop)
- @kurtmoore @wjchat True cip: Maricopa, AZ. “. . . Even two counties over not local enough sometimes.” #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:53:50Z
- mattderienzo (Matt DeRienzo)
- @KatDuncanPhoto @wjchat Digital revenue at all #JRC dailies now exceeds for newsroom expenses. #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:53:51Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- RT @Adriana_Acosta: RT @benberkowitz: Q3. I also think original content is important to local everywhere platforms. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:54:07Z
- LATams (Tami Abdollah)
- @adampopescu It is daunting if you set yourself up to do everything. That’s tough. But doing one thing well is less hard. #wjchat #niche
- 2012-01-05T01:54:10Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- Good point RT @mikusmatt: @webjournalist @wjchat if our audience was more web savvy then yes we would need web first #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:54:18Z
- TheChalkOutline (Scott Schwebke)
- @wjchat Corporate media can succeed if they don’t make too many big city changes too fast #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:54:19Z
- mattderienzo (Matt DeRienzo)
- RT @ValleyIndy: A3 #wjchat Some Patch sites show the amazing power of a single motivated reporter. Or the dreck of an unmotivated one.
- 2012-01-05T01:54:29Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- Gotta have both right now RT @mikusmatt: @webjournalist @wjchat if our audience was more web savvy then yes we would need web first #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:54:45Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- @ValleyIndy It really comes down to the quality of the individual reporter… Patch has some great people. #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:54:49Z
- KurtMoore (Kurt Moore)
- @wjchat We’ve got three and another who’s half reporter/half asst. editor. Two sports two photogs. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:54:50Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- It has to be web 1st even if print (right not) is seeing more revenue. The best and quickest way to serve your readership is web 1st #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:54:51Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @mattderienzo Thats awesome! Any secrets on how that is accomplished? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:54:54Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @KatDuncanPhoto @wjchat “until papers generate more money from web than print, print will always be priority.” True, but archaic. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:54:56Z
- NewsCannon (William Cannon)
- U need to be ahead of audience RT @mikusmatt @wjchat if our audience was more web savvy then yes we would need web first #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:55:01Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- @latams “doing one thing well is hard.” Where have I heard that before @petrupopescu #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:55:26Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- RT @Adriana_Acosta: Q3 – They may have more $$$, but smaller papers know the town, the people & what’s going on in town. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:55:35Z
- watershedpost (Watershed Post)
- Re: Q2: Rural readers don’t want to feel like News Little League. MT @TheChalkOutline: I’ve paid my dues at tiny rural papers #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:55:39Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- And that last Tweet should have read (right now) #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:55:45Z
- LATams (Tami Abdollah)
- @wjchat Small-market readers want what large-market readers want online. Relevant, timely news that addresses what affects them. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:55:51Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- @LATams the prob is doing one thing well isn’t good enough for most. Digital branding forces us to want to do show skills everywhere #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:55:54Z
- JeremyKnop (Jeremy Knop)
- Exactly the case in my hometown. @mikusmatt: @wjchat if our audience was more web savvy then yes we would need web first #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:56:08Z
- benberkowitz (Ben Berkowitz)
- Q3. #WashingtonPost has done equal job some of our smallest partners at covering SeeClickFix stories. Free tools make it easier. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:56:11Z
- annekristoff (anne kristoff )
- @acnatta I was at a rural paper in Ozark AL and NO ONE around there was trying to see any news online. That inc.Eprise, Dothan, etc. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:56:26Z
- annekristoff (anne kristoff )
- @acnatta and i’m talking about 2010 #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:56:27Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- #WJChat #A3 Big corporations CAN cover smaller communities well. Torstar-owned Metroland does, Digital First seems to do it.
- 2012-01-05T01:56:39Z
- LATams (Tami Abdollah)
- @wjchat Big companies usually have more resources to cover/serve areas better. But sometimes less of a community feel? Depends. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:56:40Z
- KurtMoore (Kurt Moore)
- @wjchat Being small is no excuse anymore. Internet means readers can and will go elsewhere. They expect same quality. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:56:59Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @wjchat “Corporate online” presence in our area does good job of posting seemingly mundane items about which readers actually care. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:57:10Z
- amuhs (Angie Muhs)
- RT @ValleyIndy: A3 #wjchat Some Patch sites show the amazing power of a single motivated reporter. Or the dreck of an unmotivated one.
- 2012-01-05T01:57:15Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- @licibev I completely agree. Regardless of where you are at, Web is the future and long term investment. @mikusmatt #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:57:20Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- @benberkowitz we use SeeClickFix on our website – readers love it. Pot holes everywhere! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:57:40Z
- NewsCannon (William Cannon)
- This is a big yr for digital 1st. Gotta drive traffic and revenue before print tanks. @wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:57:41Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- RT @KurtMoore: @wjchat Being small is no excuse anymore. Internet means readers can and will go elsewhere. They expect same quality. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:57:41Z
- mikusmatt (Matt Mikus)
- @NewsCannon @wjchat I agree, but i can’t get bosses on board #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:57:49Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- Perhaps the bigger issue is looking at web/print as different entities with unique readers. Original/varied reporting for both. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:57:56Z
- KurtMoore (Kurt Moore)
- @wjchat Size doesn’t matter anymore. We are all on same playing field. I’ve got 2 be social media savvy just like 20-reporter ppr. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:57:56Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- I can believe it! @wjchat MT @annekristoff @acnatta I was at a rural paper in Ozark AL and NO ONE was trying to see any news online. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:58:04Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- Just got a notification my tweet stream is being throttled. #WJChat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:58:06Z
- InlanderJoe (Joe O’Sullivan)
- @NewsCannon But you’re wasting energy if you’re emphasizing something like Twitter when it’s only an echo chamber of a savvy folks. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:58:12Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- RT @KurtMoore: @wjchat Being small is no excuse anymore. Internet means readers can and will go elsewhere. They expect same quality. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:58:16Z
- ValleyIndy (The Valley Indy)
- RT @SaleemChat: #WJChat #A3 Big corporations CAN cover smaller communities well. Torstar-owned Metroland does, Digital First seems to do it.
- 2012-01-05T01:58:23Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- @KurtMoore For national AP stories, if they want local news & information, they go to their local paper. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:58:28Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- RT @KurtMoore: @wjchat Being small is no excuse anymore. Internet means readers can and will go elsewhere. They expect same quality. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:58:28Z
- watershedpost (Watershed Post)
- Guess what: They’re getting there. MT @mikusmatt if our audience was more web savvy then yes we would need web first #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:58:35Z
- acnatta (André Natta)
- @annekristoff each market’s different and some change. We still probably need to be ahead of the curve. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:58:45Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- RT @NewsCannon: This is a big yr for digital 1st. Gotta drive traffic and revenue before print tanks. @wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:58:47Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @webjournalist @licibev @mikusmatt Yes. That is why every journalist should be doing facebook, twitter and blogging for their paper. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:58:48Z
- InlanderJoe (Joe O’Sullivan)
- @NewsCannon re: being ahead of the audience #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:58:48Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- I have to promote my colleagues book, Emus Loose in Egnar: Big Stories from Small Towns by Judy Muller http://t.co/FOsPiiBs #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:58:51Z
- NAT_DigitalJen (Jennifer Huberdeau)
- @mattderienzo @wjchat Unfortunately they are. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:58:55Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @KurtMoore @wjchat “Internet means readers can and will go elsewhere. They expect same quality.” For free. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:58:56Z
- TheChalkOutline (Scott Schwebke)
- @wjchat Update! My cluttered desk has become a metaphor for reporting career and an extension of my landfill car #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:59:09Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- Q4 coming in two minutes! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:59:19Z
- benberkowitz (Ben Berkowitz)
- RT @SaleemChat: #WJChat #A3 Big corporations CAN cover smaller communities well. Torstar-owned Metroland does, #jrc seems to do it. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:59:23Z
- NewsCannon (William Cannon)
- Start slow chip away track analytics RT @mikusmatt: @NewsCannon @wjchat I agree, but i can’t get bosses on board #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:59:30Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- RT @wjchat: Q4 coming in two minutes! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:59:31Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- @SaleemChat sounds painful. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:59:36Z
- vsundqvist (Viktoria Sundqvist)
- Lol RT @mattderienzo: RT @AMartinMedia: In my opinion, promoting print in your online product is like promoting your VHS on your DVD #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T01:59:48Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @wjchat I think each paper needs to know their community, some are more web savvy than others! Know what your readers want. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:00:02Z
- acnatta (André Natta)
- @annekristoff given the # of folks taking part right now, a lot of us r seeing all levels of participation across the country #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:00:18Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- @wjchat @webjournalist @mikusmatt hard to find the balance to keep up web & do print. Only 10% of my time is web but I rock it! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:00:24Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- Q4A What’s the advantage of doing journalism in a small town? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:00:31Z
- KurtMoore (Kurt Moore)
- @Adriana_Acosta True. That is our edge. Radio/TV don’t give same in-depth. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:00:55Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- RT @wjchat: Q4A What’s the advantage of doing journalism in a small town? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:00:58Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- Your print readers will still get what they want tomorrow morning if you give your online readers what they want: news, NOW #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:01:03Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- MT @KurtMoore @wjchat Size doesnt matter. We are on same playing field. Ive got 2 be social media savvy just like 20-reporter ppr. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:01:05Z
- annekristoff (anne kristoff )
- @acnatta But you still need to know your audience. REALLY accept who they are while trying to show them something new. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:01:08Z
- mikusmatt (Matt Mikus)
- “@KatDuncanPhoto: @wjchat I think each paper needs to know their community, some are more web savvy! Know what readers want. #wjchat”
- 2012-01-05T02:01:09Z
- MarkLoundy (Mark Loundy)
- The Bay Area News Group and @mercnews are doing some really cool things at @PublicSalaries #mybxb #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:01:09Z
- InlanderJoe (Joe O’Sullivan)
- @AMartinMedia Readers in Watertown SD can’t go elsewhere for local. Unless HuffPo starts a farm bureau. Re: on going elsewhere #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:01:15Z
- acnatta (André Natta)
- MT @KatDuncanPhoto: Each paper needs to know their community, some are more web savvy than others! Know what your readers want. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:02:14Z
- acnatta (André Natta)
- RT @wjchat: Q4A What’s the advantage of doing journalism in a small town? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:02:15Z
- InlanderJoe (Joe O’Sullivan)
- @wjchat A4 You’ll learn more about interpersonal dynamics in one year in a rural town than in five years in a city. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:02:17Z
- MarkLoundy (Mark Loundy)
- Oops! Sorry for crashing. I forgot #wjchat was happening now.
- 2012-01-05T02:02:23Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- @InlanderJoe if you have no local online competitors, you are 100% correct. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:02:24Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- #WJChat #A3 Why does corporate have to mean bad local coverage? @jxpaton, @jimbrady, etc. may illuminate corporate + good local. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:02:40Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- @thechalkoutline @harryLfunk no metaphor – real life #carasoffice #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:02:42Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- RT @wjchat: Q4A What’s the advantage of doing journalism in a small town? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:02:46Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- @JeremyKnop @webjournalist @wjchat Wow! Huge indeed! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:02:58Z
- InlanderJoe (Joe O’Sullivan)
- @wjchat A4 You’ll every beat you ever wanted to try, a half dozen didn’t #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:03:03Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- The adv. of small town journalism is making a visual difference every day. What you report makes a big difference in your community. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:03:06Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- A4 I like the fact that everyone knows who I am. I never have to wait for information, specially with breaking news. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:03:28Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @mikusmatt I’ve had to drive over an hour for breaking news, even in a small town. Small pop doesn’t mean small area coverage. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:03:29Z
- mattderienzo (Matt DeRienzo)
- RT @InlanderJoe: @wjchat A4 You’ll learn more about interpersonal dynamics in one year in a rural town than in five years in a city. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:03:30Z
- TheChalkOutline (Scott Schwebke)
- @watershedpost Didn’t mean to diss small town media. Lot’s of great stories, opportunities there #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:03:39Z
- TauhidChappell (Tauhid Chappell)
- @wjchat A4: You learn how to gain the trust of your community, build your brand, find meaningful stories #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:03:45Z
- ericsandy (Eric Sandy)
- @wjchat A4A Getting to understand the true character of a city #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:03:49Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- @wjchat Q4A Your strong relationships. Real connections… true engagement… you know what your community wants. #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:03:51Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @wjchat Q4A. You really get to know people in a small town. They view you less like “the media” and more as a human being. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:04:03Z
- KurtMoore (Kurt Moore)
- @wjchat Sources easier to reach. Easier to identify. More receptive. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:04:11Z
- danoshinsky (Dan Oshinsky)
- RT @profkrg: The adv. of small town journalism is making a visual difference every day. What you report makes a big difference. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:04:15Z
- InlanderJoe (Joe O’Sullivan)
- @wjchat A4 You’ll learn to have to live side by side with the public officials you criticize. After all, you’ll see themeverywhere #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:04:15Z
- ValleyIndy (The Valley Indy)
- Q4 #wjchat A = Sense of community with the community. Although when community gets ticked off at you, WATCH OUT!
- 2012-01-05T02:04:19Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- RT @TauhidChappell: @wjchat A4: You learn how to gain the trust of your community, build your brand, find meaningful stories #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:04:21Z
- danoshinsky (Dan Oshinsky)
- RT @Adriana_Acosta: A4 I like the fact that everyone knows who I am. I never have to wait for information, especially breaking news. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:04:24Z
- acnatta (André Natta)
- Q4 You get to learn how to best serve your audience and understand them #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:04:25Z
- mattderienzo (Matt DeRienzo)
- RT @TauhidChappell: @wjchat A4 You learn how to gain the trust of your community, build your brand, find meaningful stories #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:04:30Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- #WJChat #A4 Advantages of small-town journalism: You probably know all of the major sources personally. Also a disadvantage. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:04:37Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- RT @webjournalist: @wjchat Q4A Your strong relationships.Real connections true engagement you know what your community wants #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:04:37Z
- mikusmatt (Matt Mikus)
- @KatDuncanPhoto so not always cheap #wjchat that’s rough.
- 2012-01-05T02:04:54Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- @KatDuncanPhoto @webjournalist @mikusmatt we are trying. Everyone on newsroom is on fb, some tweet and some blog. #success #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:05:06Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- @wjchat Q4A When it comes down to it, reporting is all about relationships. Credibility often comes from a relationship. #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:05:09Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @profkrg “What you report makes a big difference in your community.” Not just reporting the news, but affecting it. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:05:13Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- MT @SaleemChat: #A4 Advantages of smalltown journalism: You probably know all of the major sources personally. Also disadvantage. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:05:16Z
- KurtMoore (Kurt Moore)
- @harryLfunk @wjchat Exactly. Easier to be “one of them.” Not outsider. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:05:23Z
- mikusmatt (Matt Mikus)
- RT @SaleemChat: #WJChat #A4 Advantages of small-town journalism: You probably know all of the major sources personally. Also a disadvantage. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:05:25Z
- GreenDoorMag (Green Door Mag)
- RT @harryLfunk: @wjchat You really get to know people in a small town. They view you less like “the media” & more as a human being. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:05:31Z
- InlanderJoe (Joe O’Sullivan)
- #wjchat A4 You’ll get big stories, if you’re willing to chase them. Nobody else is around to pic up what falls through the cracks. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:05:31Z
- ericsandy (Eric Sandy)
- RT @profkrg: The adv. of small town journalism is making a visual difference every day. What you report makes a big difference. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:05:36Z
- ivanlajara (Ivan Lajara)
- A4A. Advantage: You actually know your sources. Disadvantage: Someone you know will inevitably end up in police beat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:05:37Z
- NewsCannon (William Cannon)
- U know the people and they know u RT @Adriana_Acosta: RT @wjchat: Q4A What’s the advantage of doing journalism in a small town? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:05:39Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- @jeremyknop Damn… impressive! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:05:45Z
- JeremyKnop (Jeremy Knop)
- @wjchat A4 You also form or already have strong relationships/contacts on your beat. i.e. The chief of police was my friends father. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:06:10Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- A4 We get the news first, before the large newspaper and t.v. reporters come from the big city. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:06:11Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @KurtMoore @harryLfunk @wjchat until they’re mad at you. Then they know where you work, live and shop. lol #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:06:28Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- RT @ivanlajara: A4A. Advantage: You actually know your sources. Disadvantage: Someone you know will inevitably end up in police beat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:06:33Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- That’s the right approach. Rock it! MT @licibev: @wjchat @webjournalist @mikusmatt … Only 10% of my time is web but I rock it! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:06:35Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- MT @webjournalist @wjchat Q4A When it comes down to it, reporting is about relationships. Credibility comes from a relationship. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:06:41Z
- NewsCannon (William Cannon)
- The personal risk yields personal rewards RT @wjchat: Q4A What’s the advantage of doing journalism in a small town? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:06:48Z
- TheChalkOutline (Scott Schwebke)
- @wjchat A4 The advantages are endless. You really get to learn craft I’ve written stories taken pics laid paper out and delivered it #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:06:54Z
- InlanderJoe (Joe O’Sullivan)
- RT @KatDuncanPhoto: @KurtMoore @harryLfunk @wjchat until they’re mad at you. Then they know where you work, live and shop. lol #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:06:55Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- Q4B What’s a disadvantage of doing journalism in a small town? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:07:07Z
- annekristoff (anne kristoff )
- @KurtMoore @harryLfunk @wjchat Maybe. I was a Yankee trying to report in small town Bama. There was a wall as an outsider #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:07:09Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- @wjchat @jeremyknop the hardest part of small town community involvement is just that, being too close, separating friends from work #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:07:14Z
- ReachAngi (Angi Carter)
- +1 @wjchat RT @benberkowitz: Q3. I also think original content is important to local everywhere platforms. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:07:28Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- RT @wjchat: Q4B What’s a disadvantage of doing journalism in a small town? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:07:36Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- But they get over it, lol @KatDuncanPhoto @KurtMoore @harryLfunk @wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:07:41Z
- KurtMoore (Kurt Moore)
- @KatDuncanPhoto @harryLfunk @wjchat So true. You go out to eat or shop and there they are. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:07:50Z
- ivanlajara (Ivan Lajara)
- RT @wjchat: Q4B What’s a disadvantage of doing journalism in a small town? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:08:17Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @KatDuncanPhoto @KurtMoore @wjchat “they know where you work, live and shop” True! But I can usually talk my way out of anything … #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:08:24Z
- KaitlinFlanigan (Kaitlin Flanigan)
- Less people to bounce ideas off of. RT @wjchat: Q4B What’s a disadvantage of doing journalism in a small town? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:08:33Z
- mattderienzo (Matt DeRienzo)
- @wjchat A4B. Small town journalism usually = few resources. Challenge is stepping away from hamster wheel to do meaningful reporting #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:08:34Z
- TauhidChappell (Tauhid Chappell)
- @wjchat A4B: What @ValleyIndy said: You piss them off, watch out. Could have a mob on your doorstep! Increased complaints #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:08:38Z
- ValleyIndy (The Valley Indy)
- Toddler’s awake. Thanks for a close-to-the heart #wjchat tonight!
- 2012-01-05T02:08:41Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @wjchat A4B: knowing your audience personally means they take everything personally. It can be a challenge. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:08:52Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- @wjchat Q4B I’m a city kid, but my sense is being too close… makes it real tough to be tough at times, I’m sure. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:09:07Z
- beacongal (Monica Roman Gagnier)
- RT @watershedpost We are making digital converts… by serving readers used to being ignored. #wjchat #catskills (Well done!)
- 2012-01-05T02:09:24Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- RT @wjchat: Q4B What’s a disadvantage of doing journalism in a small town? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:09:26Z
- KurtMoore (Kurt Moore)
- @wjchat Sometimes harder to find “experts” local. Got to research outside sources. Esp. if no major college. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:09:29Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- A4B – Some view your reporting as a personal attack. Has happened more than once with me. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:09:39Z
- ReachAngi (Angi Carter)
- +1 @wjchat RT @mattderienzo: @KatDuncanPhoto: Digital revenue at all #JRC dailies now exceeds for newsroom expenses. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:09:43Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @KurtMoore @KatDuncanPhoto @wjchat I always get an earful at my Rotary meetings, but that all comes with the territory. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:09:54Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- RT @InlanderJoe: #wjchat A4 You’ll get big stories, if you’re willing to chase them. Nobody else is around to pic up what falls through the cracks. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:10:04Z
- KaitlinFlanigan (Kaitlin Flanigan)
- @wjchat & sometimes things can get TOO personal, TOO close. You have to remain objective. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:10:06Z
- mikusmatt (Matt Mikus)
- @wjchat biggest problem is when someone gets mad for a story I wrote. Tough to interview again. Sources are involved in everything #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:10:14Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- #WJChat #A4B Same amy my answer to #A4A : Disadvantage is that you’re close to sources, probably know them personally. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:10:17Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- Q5 coming in two minutes! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:10:34Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @LiciBev @KurtMoore @harryLfunk not always. We should always be aware and considerate, do our job but realize the consequences. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:10:48Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- RT @Adriana_Acosta: A4 We get the news first, before the large newspaper and t.v. reporters come from the big city. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:10:48Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- so true! RT @acnatta Q4B Folks know who you are and you really can’t “hide” if you want to #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:10:49Z
- GreenDoorMag (Green Door Mag)
- @ValleyIndy but there is also a vacuum in a small town to really affect change #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:10:50Z
- JeremyKnop (Jeremy Knop)
- @wjchat A4b Not enough news some days so it is hard to drum up something newsworthy. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:10:52Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- Agreed. I try to be the peacemaker! MT @KatDuncanPhoto: @wjchat A4B: knowing your audience personally means they take it personally. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:10:55Z
- KurtMoore (Kurt Moore)
- @Adriana_Acosta @wjchat Sources can be VERY sensitive. They don’t get our jobs. Think spreading dirty laundry. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:11:13Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- RT @wjchat: Q5 coming in two minutes! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:11:16Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- @Adriana_Acosta I bet the major metro so much that they hired me :) #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:11:23Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @wjchat Q4B. We’ve been touching on that. Friends and neighbors feel free to lambaste you for whatever they don’t like in newspaper. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:11:37Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- Q5A Does the intimacy that sometimes comes with small town life make you think differently about UGC? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:11:37Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- RT @KurtMoore: @Adriana_Acosta @wjchat Sources can be VERY sensitive. They dont get our jobs. Think spreading dirty laundry. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:11:42Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- #WJChat #A4B Your sources may hold several roles: Councillor, grocery store owner, newspaper publisher all in one… #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:11:50Z
- Mayssia (Mayssia Elajami)
- RT @wjchat: Q4A What’s the advantage of doing journalism in a small town? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:12:01Z
- KurtMoore (Kurt Moore)
- @KaitlinFlanigan @wjchat True. Objectivity can be tough at times. Bc u know people so well. Too well sometimes. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:12:24Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- RT @wjchat: Q4B What’s a disadvantage of doing journalism in a small town? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:12:32Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- RT @wjchat: Q5A Does the intimacy that sometimes comes with small town life make you think differently about UGC? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:12:34Z
- InlanderJoe (Joe O’Sullivan)
- #wjchat A4b Data journalism is incredibly hard. Local gov’t bodies don’t have the resources or care to capture data accessibly. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:12:36Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- @mikusmatt @wjchat They are more forgiving if they are mad because about the story than if you misquoted them. give it time! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:12:41Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- Very common small town prob RT @JeremyKnop: @wjchat A4b Not enough news some days so it is hard to drum up something newsworthy. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:12:54Z
- NAT_DigitalJen (Jennifer Huberdeau)
- @wjchat A4: Frustrating when contacts pitch story to pub or editor right after talking to u. Then email/call is passed to you #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:12:55Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- #WJChat #A4B Potential conflicts of interest and reprisals for exposing wrongdoing are higher in small towns. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:12:59Z
- ivanlajara (Ivan Lajara)
- A4b. Lack of resources for investigations and such. But I bet you 400+journo newsrooms complain about the same. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:13:01Z
- annekristoff (anne kristoff )
- RT @JeremyKnop: @wjchat A4b Not enough news some days so it is hard to drum up something newsworthy. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:13:38Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- The disadv of small town journalism is that you do everything. You’re also always working, even when you go home. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:13:44Z
- mattderienzo (Matt DeRienzo)
- RT @ivanlajara: A4b. Lack of resources for investigations and such. But I bet you 400+journo newsrooms complain about the same. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:13:49Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- @wjchat A6 I think you need to be more in tune and more straightforward in smaller towns. They look to you for truth, guidance. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:13:52Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @wjchat Q5A: No. Just because I know someone who submitted a photo, doesn’t mean its a good photo or newsworthy. Objectivity! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:14:00Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- RT @ivanlajara: A4b. Lack of resources for investigations and such. But I bet you 400+journo newsrooms complain about the same. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:14:01Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- If you have a question you’d like to ask, DM us… we’re also trying to follow everyone who participates in #wjchat .
- 2012-01-05T02:14:10Z
- JeremyKnop (Jeremy Knop)
- @wjchat @adampopescu Yep, that’s prob why I have no hair. Stress from trying to find news when there isn’t any… :) #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:14:13Z
- NewsCannon (William Cannon)
- UGC is slow in small areas but the intimacy is again a good thing. Tell readers to show the town what they’ve got. @wjchat: Q5A #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:14:18Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- RT @profkrg: The disadv of small town journalism is that you do everything. Youre also always working, even when you go home. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:14:25Z
- InlanderJoe (Joe O’Sullivan)
- #wjchat A4b W/ limited resources, investigative J is hard. Tough to spend 60 hours on a story when you’ve 3 beats & video to shoot. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:14:28Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- We also had local crazies who would just stroll into the newsroom and tell you all of their theories. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:14:33Z
- mikusmatt (Matt Mikus)
- @wjchat also, community members try to tell me what to leave out. I don’t tell them how to do their job. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:14:55Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- RT @JeremyKnop: @wjchat @adampopescu Yep, that’s prob why I have no hair. Stress from trying to find news when there isn’t any… :) #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:15:16Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- #WJChat #A4B Psychological toll /PTSD on small-town journalists can be high. You cover a fatality or murder, it’s your neighbour. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:15:21Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @NAT_DigitalJen @wjchat “Frustrating when contacts pitch story to pub or editor after talking to u.” Really puts you in your place. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:15:24Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- Exactly. RT @mikusmatt: @wjchat also, community members try to tell me what to leave out. I dont tell them how to do their job. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:15:41Z
- NAT_DigitalJen (Jennifer Huberdeau)
- RT @profkrg: The disadv of small town journalism is that you do everything. Youre also always working, even when you go home. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:15:44Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- RT @KatDuncanPhoto: @wjchat A4B: knowing your audience personally means they take everything personally. It can be a challenge. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:15:45Z
- TauhidChappell (Tauhid Chappell)
- @JeremyKnop What do you usually do when you have a slow news day? Any set plan of action? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:15:47Z
- benberkowitz (Ben Berkowitz)
- RT @AMartinMedia: @benberkowitz we use SeeClickFix on our website – readers love it. Pot holes everywhere! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:15:52Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @wjchat Small town sources also can feel they are entitled to certain coverage because of their status or family or money. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:15:53Z
- lisawilliams (Lisa Williams)
- @wjchat wait…did I miss #wjchat ? Shoot!
- 2012-01-05T02:15:54Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- Q5B How about comments? Does a small town mean a more civilized conversation? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:15:57Z
- NewsCannon (William Cannon)
- RT @SaleemChat: #WJChat #A4B Psychological toll /PTSD on small-town journalists can be high. You cover a fatality or murder, it’s your neighbour. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:15:58Z
- ShaunaReporter (shauna stuart)
- Checking in to #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:16:04Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- RT @SaleemChat: #WJChat #A4B Psychological toll /PTSD on small-town journalists can be high. You cover a fatality or murder, it’s your neighbour. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:16:13Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- RT @wjchat: Q5A Does the intimacy that sometimes comes with small town life make you think differently about UGC? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:16:17Z
- InlanderJoe (Joe O’Sullivan)
- #wjchat A4b Few news orgs to help fill in blanks. Lots of rural state agencies don’t get coverage b/c not enough bureau hands. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:16:37Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @TauhidChappell @JeremyKnop call everyone you know. panic. call everyone again. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:16:44Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- @wjchat I’d love to know the answer to Q5B … are comments more civilized because people know each other? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:16:46Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- A5 – I love UGC and welcome photos and story ideas, isn’t that what a small town paper supposed to be? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:16:46Z
- TheChalkOutline (Scott Schwebke)
- @wjchat The challenges of small town journalism is that you can become too close to sources and too sympathetic #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:16:57Z
- ivanlajara (Ivan Lajara)
- I don’t buy that there is not enough news. But everything isn’t Watergate. Boring topic at town board still important. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:17:01Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- @mikusmatt @wjchat But, you have to realize that they don’t realize that. bite your tongue and do what you were going to anyway! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:17:02Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @profkrg “We also had local crazies who’d stroll into the newsroom and tell you their theories.” Yeah, we have time to listen … #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:17:11Z
- lisawilliams (Lisa Williams)
- @wjchat I’m working on a Google Fusion Tables tutorial with two datasets: Starbucks locations and Patch sites. I call it Patchbucks #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:17:12Z
- Martha_Kang (Martha Kang)
- @wjchat Q5B If the answer is yes, then I’m definitely moving. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:17:20Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @wjchat A5B: definitely not. People are people. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:17:24Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- A5b. Depends on the story. But, if it’s a heated debate, you know you’ve got yourself a good story with series potential. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:17:31Z
- mattderienzo (Matt DeRienzo)
- Ha! RT @wjchat Q5B How about comments? Does a small town mean a more civilized conversation? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:17:32Z
- ShaunaReporter (shauna stuart)
- Checking in kind of late :( but I’d say an advantage to small town/ market jlism may be less red tape when pitching an idea #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:17:38Z
- annekristoff (anne kristoff )
- @wjchat Haaaa! No, a small town does not mean more civilized comments. Q5B #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:17:41Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- RT @wjchat: Q5B How about comments? Does a small town mean a more civilized conversation? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:17:42Z
- JeremyKnop (Jeremy Knop)
- @TauhidChappell @wjchat Best thing I think you can do is cruise for news. Hit the streets. And keep a scanner close by. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:17:51Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- @lisawilliams It’s not too late! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:18:11Z
- kat_szabs (Catherine Szabo)
- @TauhidChappell @jeremyknop b/c we have such a large (rural)coverage area I start looking for stories outside the main city centre. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:18:12Z
- InlanderJoe (Joe O’Sullivan)
- @webjournalist No, just more anonymous, even though everyone kind of knows who is posting. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:18:15Z
- mikusmatt (Matt Mikus)
- @wjchat A5 no, we don’t allow comments. Another paper does, and it’s just a place to spread rumors #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:18:22Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- @webjournalist @wjchat A5B Heck no! They are pretty vicious! A little better now that we use FB commenting vs anonymous. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:18:28Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- Q6 coming in two minutes! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:18:30Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- RT @annekristoff: @wjchat Haaaa! No, a small town does not mean more civilized comments. Q5B #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:18:40Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- RT @wjchat: Q6 coming in two minutes! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:19:05Z
- KurtMoore (Kurt Moore)
- @wjchat More civilized when they must give name. When online, allowed anonymous. Doesn’t matter. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:19:10Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @LiciBev truth. Making them actually use their profile with their name on it can make them a LITTLE less mean. a little. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:19:11Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- Small town results in a less civilized conversation. People take info much more personally, and they know everyone’s dirty laundry. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:19:14Z
- ShaunaReporter (shauna stuart)
- Q5B: not really. It may mean more homogeneous and less diverse opinions from an audience/ readers. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:19:14Z
- mikusmatt (Matt Mikus)
- @LiciBev @wjchat believe me, I do. Only person I complain to are other journos and my family. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:19:16Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @wjchat Q5B. No way! Comments get very personal and vicious behind a cloak of anonymity. Can’t believe how nasty people are. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:19:21Z
- ivanlajara (Ivan Lajara)
- Q5A UGC submissions are easier to vet in small towns because you kind-of know the people sending the pics/vids half the time #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:19:22Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- A5a. Facebook is great for UGC. During a few big snow storms in CT, we asked for pics via FB and got enough to print a full page #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:19:35Z
- acnatta (André Natta)
- Q5B heh. that’s funny… #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:19:36Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- @InlanderJoe Seriously?! It becomes a town unspoken “secret” that someone is a troll? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:19:37Z
- A_Mckeever (Andrew McKeever)
- RT @mattderienzo: Ha! RT @wjchat Q5B How about comments? Does a small town mean a more civilized conversation? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:19:37Z
- TheChalkOutline (Scott Schwebke)
- @wjchat A good reporter can turn a boring assignment into a gem #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:19:55Z
- NAT_DigitalJen (Jennifer Huberdeau)
- @harryLfunk @wjchat. Not Really. Ed and Pub literally just forward to me. I make my own schedule. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:19:56Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- @LiciBev HA!! That’s hilarious. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:19:56Z
- KurtMoore (Kurt Moore)
- @LiciBev @webjournalist @wjchat Same here. FB means less vicious. But people say less interesting. Can’t win. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:20:01Z
- mattderienzo (Matt DeRienzo)
- @InlanderJoe @webjournalist We had Sound Off phone line where you could tell it was mayor’s wife trying to disguise voice #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:20:03Z
- TLChron (TLChron)
- @wjchat I started in small towns. Biggest adv: Lessons learned there I’ve used my whole career. Self-reliance for one. #wjchat.
- 2012-01-05T02:20:15Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- RT @TheChalkOutline: @wjchat A good reporter can turn a boring assignment into a gem #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:20:17Z
- lisawilliams (Lisa Williams)
- @wjchat Q5 when I ran a local site I only ever had to kill about two dozen comments over four years. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:20:19Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- Q6 Do you use crowdsourcing in your journalism? Does market size matter? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:20:29Z
- ivanlajara (Ivan Lajara)
- Q5B reminds me of http://t.co/WsbREMUv #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:20:30Z
- InlanderJoe (Joe O’Sullivan)
- #wjchat My SD paper covered 11 counties & an Indian tribe. There is always news to find. Re: no news #wjchat Small towns have CRAZY stories
- 2012-01-05T02:20:31Z
- NewsCannon (William Cannon)
- Heck no. But consequences are more severe RT @wjchat: Q5B How about comments? Does a small town mean a more civilized conversation? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:20:48Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @KatDuncanPhoto @wjchat “Small town sources feel entitled to coverage because of their status or family or money.” Especially $$. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:20:48Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- @KurtMoore @LiciBev Wow! Interesting… #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:20:53Z
- lisawilliams (Lisa Williams)
- @wjchat Q5 they key was getting to new commenters early; a disproportionate number of jerk comments were new commenters. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:20:56Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- RT @wjchat: Q6 Do you use crowdsourcing in your journalism? Does market size matter? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:21:07Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- HAHAHA! RT @mattderienzo: @InlanderJoe We had Sound Off phone line where you could tell it was mayor’s wife trying to disguise voice #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:21:20Z
- JeremyKnop (Jeremy Knop)
- @wjchat A5b, not in my experience. Ppl comment anonymously on the paper’s site and are cruel at times. i.e. fatal dui innocent hurt #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:21:23Z
- NAT_DigitalJen (Jennifer Huberdeau)
- @wjchat A5B: Comments can be horrible. People can say the most vile things.
#wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:21:25Z
- ericsandy (Eric Sandy)
- This. MT @LiciBev A5B Heck no! They are pretty vicious! A little better now that we use FB commenting vs anonymous. #wjchat (re: comments)
- 2012-01-05T02:21:26Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- @harryLfunk and they bug you when you can’t prove their nonsense and put it in print. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:21:33Z
- acnatta (André Natta)
- RT @wjchat: Q6 Do you use crowdsourcing in your journalism? Does market size matter? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:21:33Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- RT @wjchat: Q6 Do you use crowdsourcing in your journalism? Does market size matter? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:21:48Z
- ivanlajara (Ivan Lajara)
- Always; it’s part of the workflow. And, NO. RT @wjchat: Q6 Do you use crowdsourcing in your journalism? Does market size matter? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:21:49Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @KurtMoore @LiciBev @webjournalist @wjchat “FB means less vicious. But people say less interesting.” Ain’t that the truth. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:22:23Z
- kat_szabs (Catherine Szabo)
- A6 No, yes. I’ve tried to use crowdsourcing via Twitter; our followers aren’t large enough, no interaction on stream. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:22:25Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- RT @wjchat: Q6 Do you use crowdsourcing in your journalism? Does market size matter? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:22:26Z
- InlanderJoe (Joe O’Sullivan)
- @webjournalist Totally unspoken undercurrent. Just like how everyone kind of knows who’s sleeping with who, or who has five DUIs. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:22:32Z
- acnatta (André Natta)
- Q6 Yep. So long as there’s a dedicated audience it’ll work; it may just skew more than normal… #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:22:49Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- I think we’re going to have to have a #wjchat focused solely on comments… who should be the host??
- 2012-01-05T02:22:52Z
- TheChalkOutline (Scott Schwebke)
- @wjchat A5 Can be quite the opposite #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:22:57Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @NAT_DigitalJen @wjchat Oh, I see. I thought you meant people were going over your head. That’s particularly annoying. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:23:07Z
- KurtMoore (Kurt Moore)
- @wjchat A6. Not much crowdsourcing yet. Preparing to get into that area. Others had some luck. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:23:12Z
- InlanderJoe (Joe O’Sullivan)
- RT @TheChalkOutline: @wjchat A good reporter can turn a boring assignment into a gem #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:23:41Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- We’re speeding up… Q7 coming in one minute! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:23:43Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- Great idea! RT @webjournalist I think we’re going to have to have a #wjchat focused solely on comments… who should be the host??
- 2012-01-05T02:23:54Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- RT @wjchat: We’re speeding up… Q7 coming in one minute! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:23:12Z
- InlanderJoe (Joe O’Sullivan)
- RT @TheChalkOutline: @wjchat A good reporter can turn a boring assignment into a gem #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:23:41Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- We’re speeding up… Q7 coming in one minute! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:23:43Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- Great idea! RT @webjournalist I think we’re going to have to have a #wjchat focused solely on comments… who should be the host??
- 2012-01-05T02:23:54Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- RT @wjchat: We’re speeding up… Q7 coming in one minute! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:24:20Z
- NAT_DigitalJen (Jennifer Huberdeau)
- @harryLfunk @wjchat It’s an image thing I guess. I find mostly men do it. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:24:21Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- +10 RT @InlanderJoe: RT @TheChalkOutline: @wjchat A good reporter can turn a boring assignment into a gem #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:24:22Z
- kat_szabs (Catherine Szabo)
- @TauhidChappell @jeremyknop Kind of. Some days that list is longer than others. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:24:24Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- RT @webjournalist: I think were going to have to have a #wjchat focused solely on comments… who should be the host?? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:24:26Z
- ivanlajara (Ivan Lajara)
- @mathewi RT @webjournalist: I think were going to have to have a #wjchat focused solely on comments… who should be the host?? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:24:44Z
- InlanderJoe (Joe O’Sullivan)
- #wjchat i’d argue there are great rural investigative stories. Tons of money flowing through HUD, AG & tribes that no one is watching.
- 2012-01-05T02:24:45Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- #WJChat #A6 In crowdsourcing, market size matters insofar as it affects digital adoption/engagement in your community. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:24:49Z
- RobinJP (Robin J Phillips)
- Pt. 1 Missing #wjchat cause I’m hanging in person with @albertina_navas @abrettman @HibahYousuf @aprior @BizWriterKristi
- 2012-01-05T02:24:50Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @profkrg Yeah, I’ve had a number of those over the years. I’ll try to be polite but then start explaining the concept of libel?! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:24:55Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @webjournalist the host should be a social media manager who spends a lot of their time regulating comments. Is that anyone on here? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:25:00Z
- TauhidChappell (Tauhid Chappell)
- @wjchat A6: The bigger the market,the bigger the crowd, more potential for followers/subscribers yea?Can pull from a larger audience #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:25:08Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- Q7A If you build it, it doesn’t mean they will come… so, how do get your community to go online and engage in the digital space? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:25:10Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- RT @webjournalist: +10 RT @InlanderJoe: RT @TheChalkOutline: @wjchat A good reporter can turn a boring assignment into a gem #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:25:11Z
- NAT_DigitalJen (Jennifer Huberdeau)
- @wjchat A6: agree about size. When I’ve done it, only one or two replies. Sometimes sarcasm. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:25:12Z
- RobinJP (Robin J Phillips)
- Pt. 2 Missing #wjchat cause I’m hanging in person with @megankamerick @carlie_kollath @LilyShumLeung @jbatsell
- 2012-01-05T02:25:22Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- @wjchat A6 we use crowdsourcing on big things, so not too often. Would like to do more. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:25:23Z
- InlanderJoe (Joe O’Sullivan)
- @webjournalist can we actually get a tro to host? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:25:27Z
- ericsandy (Eric Sandy)
- @wjchat A6 Crowdsourcing works in smaller markets, but in a different way and for different types of news/stories #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:25:37Z
- ivanlajara (Ivan Lajara)
- Note that the same crowdsourcing approach won’t work every time or even with the same crowd. Topic rules. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:25:43Z
- kat_szabs (Catherine Szabo)
- @TauhidChappell @jeremyknop I’m not very good at curating that list, most stuff I run with inside of 2 weeks. Need to work on that. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:26:16Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- A7. Create incentive and buy-in. Value their input on your content. Respond to what they want. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:26:18Z
- MarkLoundy (Mark Loundy)
- @wjchat A3 @Patch is trying to replicate an entire industry. No one company can afford that. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:26:18Z
- JeremyKnop (Jeremy Knop)
- @wjchat @InlanderJoe Isn’t that the truth! “…like how everyone kind of knows whos sleeping with who, or who has five DUIs.” #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:26:19Z
- mattderienzo (Matt DeRienzo)
- +1 RT @ivanlajara —> @mathewi MT @webjournalist: We’re going to have a #wjchat focused solely on comments… who should be host? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:26:23Z
- TauhidChappell (Tauhid Chappell)
- True! RT @ivanlajara: Note that the same crowdsourcing approach wont work every time or even with the same crowd. Topic rules. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:26:33Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @NAT_DigitalJen @wjchat Yeah, power trip. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:26:38Z
- NickEvershed (Nick Evershed)
- @wjchat A6: Yes, and market size doesn’t matter. Actually get more of a response from smaller places, in some instances #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:26:41Z
- mattderienzo (Matt DeRienzo)
- RT @ivanlajara: Note that the same crowdsourcing approach won’t work every time or even with the same crowd. Topic rules. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:26:43Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- RT @wjchat: Q7A If you build it, it doesn’t mean they will come… so, how do get your community to… engage in the digital space? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:26:53Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- Also, just realized we need a http://t.co/aNnW0FQm room … I’m jamming to music, but why do it alone? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:27:01Z
- ivanlajara (Ivan Lajara)
- Give them something they need MT @wjchat: Q7A How do get your community to go online and engage in the digital space? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:27:08Z
- InlanderJoe (Joe O’Sullivan)
- #wjchat A7 Facebook – everybody under 50 is already there. But you need to get creative with it. And make it useful.
- 2012-01-05T02:27:16Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- @wjchat A7A Give them what they are looking for (which changes all the time)! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:27:18Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- A7 – I go the local radio station route & talk about what we offer for news & information. I direct them to website, FB, Twitter. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:27:21Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @wjchat A7A: Make eclusive online content they want. Photo galleries, events, videos. Lots of teasers in the paper. Online contests. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:27:25Z
- annekristoff (anne kristoff )
- A6: I like crowdsourcing for ideation and would then do an interview if it’s going deeper than that #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:27:30Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- #WJChat #A7 I was asked about digital engagement when I spoke at the Ontario Community Newspaper Association a few years ago. [1/2] #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:27:42Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- RT @webjournalist: Also, just realized we need a http://t.co/aNnW0FQm room … I’m jamming to music, but why do it alone? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:27:50Z
- InlanderJoe (Joe O’Sullivan)
- @RobinJP wait, you know people in real life? Not fair! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:27:52Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @LiciBev @webjournalist “a #wjchat focused solely on comments” That’d be great! I’d like to hear more of what others do w/ comments #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:27:55Z
- erika_owens (erika owens)
- @webjournalist i’d be interested. learned a lot from the amazing community in the comments on @PSNotebook. still learning. much. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:27:56Z
- lisawilliams (Lisa Williams)
- @PSNotebook thanks for the link!
#wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:28:17Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @InlanderJoe and make it current! if they realize you update your facebook 10 times a day, they might come 10 times a day. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:28:38Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- A7. Let them know in print what they’re missing online. Make your online product something far different than print. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:29:06Z
- ericsandy (Eric Sandy)
- @wjchat A7 Well, this is the most important question I’ve been thinking about lately. Starting point is pushing the idea of online. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:29:06Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @LiciBev so maybe, always be thinking of new ways to engage them? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:29:16Z
- toddjolmstead (Todd Olmstead)
- When? +1 @mathewi RT @webjournalist: I think we’re going to have to have a #wjchat focused solely on comments… who should be the host??
- 2012-01-05T02:29:22Z
- QuincyHodges (Quincy Hodges)
- @wjchat Q7A Convince your audience that there’s a benefit to engaging online, connecting with community and archiving their lives #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:29:29Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- A7 Allow users to post blogs, photos, calendar events on website. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:29:30Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- @wjchat A7 Hurricane Katrina gave us a huge boost, but we took it and ran from there. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:29:42Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- Ha! RT @InlanderJoe: @webjournalist can we actually get a tro to host? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:29:42Z
- TauhidChappell (Tauhid Chappell)
- RT @wjchat: RT @webjournalist: Also, just realized we need a http://t.co/UZusrJph room … Im jamming to music, but why do it alone? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:29:43Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- #WJChat #A7 To build engagement in a small community, encourage your audience. Teach the audience via links, how-to items. [2/2] #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:29:52Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- By online product, I mean website, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Anything you’re doing digital. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:30:05Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- MT @KatDuncanPhoto: host should be a social media manager who spends a lot of their time regulating comments. Anyone on here? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:30:10Z
- ivanlajara (Ivan Lajara)
- A7A Exhibit A: http://t.co/aC26xHh9 Exhibit B: http://t.co/tNvWoB7a (I was waiting for @watershedpost to post this YOU GUYS!) #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:30:13Z
- ericsandy (Eric Sandy)
- @wjchat A7A Use the print edition to entice readers online thru creative storytelling, photos, questions, etc. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:30:18Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- #WJChat #A7 Make it easy for people to engage with you online. Be accessible. Show them how to do it if you have to. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:30:28Z
- GreenDoorMag (Green Door Mag)
- @wjchat people get empowered and engaged when they are validated and heard #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:30:49Z
- annekristoff (anne kristoff )
- @AMartinMedia Driving to site is different than engaging. I think it depends on the story and/or how the engagement is posed. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:31:01Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- RT @ericsandy: @wjchat A7A Use the print edition to entice readers online thru creative storytelling, photos, questions, etc. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:31:02Z
- TheChalkOutline (Scott Schwebke)
- @wjchat Breaking news from excavation at my desk. Pop tarts from 2005 found but no Jimmy Hoffa. He may still be here Film at 11 #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:31:04Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- @KatDuncanPhoto @wjchat exactly. people get bored after awhile. look for opps to do smthg unexpected. & be there when u r expected #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:31:23Z
- kat_szabs (Catherine Szabo)
- @SaleemChat have you done that personally with teaching via links, how-to items? Can you give me some examples? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:31:26Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- Q7B What if they don’t go online? How can you engage a news community that is not on digital? Ideas? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:31:39Z
- mattderienzo (Matt DeRienzo)
- @where_im_at @NAT_DigitalJen @wjchat @tulsaworld Web connects people to each other. Paywalls put wall between those connections: Bad #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:31:40Z
- lisawilliams (Lisa Williams)
- @wjchat #a7 The problems you have when you have few commenters are completely different than those when you have many. #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:31:43Z
- annekristoff (anne kristoff )
- @harryLfunk @wjchat People LIVE for the police scanner stuff! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:31:53Z
- InlanderJoe (Joe O’Sullivan)
- #wjchat Great opportunity to use Storify/other compilers for
Spot coverage. Can’t say I ever had a ton of luck w/ engagement in rural areas.
- 2012-01-05T02:32:02Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- @suzanneyada I think we’ll do this weekly! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:32:15Z
- girljournalist (Staci Baird)
- Please RT! Updating my “Journalists on Twitter” list: https://t.co/pqy6JlGT Let me know who to add. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:32:19Z
- lisawilliams (Lisa Williams)
- @wjchat #a7 when you are new/have few commenters, make sure every comment gets an answer. No airballs! #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:32:23Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- @annekristoff your site should have an engagement infrastructure before you drive readers there. If not, it’s an e-edition paper. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:32:33Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- RT @wjchat: Q7B What if they don’t go online? How can you engage a news community that is not on digital? Ideas? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:32:54Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- @annekristoff readers will engage at diff. levels depending on the story. But they need to be active on the site to be there for it #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:33:00Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- @wjchat A7B I write a weekly column about digital/social & host a monthly social media 101 club #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:33:03Z
- annekristoff (anne kristoff )
- @wjchat Q7B: if the town is small enough, you have to be at all local events (fairs, the fri night football game, etc) #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:33:05Z
- mattderienzo (Matt DeRienzo)
- RT @lisawilliams: @wjchat #a7 when you are new/have few commenters, make sure every comment gets an answer. No airballs! #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:33:20Z
- JeremyKnop (Jeremy Knop)
- @wjchat For us we should offer free classes on how to use twitter, facebook, nav the online paper, so they can connect w/ us. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:33:44Z
- annekristoff (anne kristoff )
- @AMartinMedia we’re not just talking about an e-edition paper. I thought we were talking about overall engagment #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:33:51Z
- InlanderJoe (Joe O’Sullivan)
- #wjchat Apologies all, for the typos. I’m hammering this out on my iPhone. (And I’m never patient enough to edit.)
- 2012-01-05T02:33:59Z
- profkrg (Kenna Griffin)
- I’m suddenly having a terrible time with Twitter. Lost TweetDeck totally. I’ll see you next week! Thanks, @Adriana_Acosta #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:34:04Z
- ericsandy (Eric Sandy)
- This is a great element of news sites RT @Adriana_Acosta: A7 Allow users to post blogs, photos, calendar events on website. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:34:04Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- @kat_szabs I did that years ago. e.g., I ran stories about social media services and encouraged readers to engage us online. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:34:09Z
- mattderienzo (Matt DeRienzo)
- http://t.co/GGTUhI2a RT @wjchat Q7B What if they don’t go online? How can you engage a news community that is not on digital? Ideas? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:34:21Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @wjchat having writers go out once a week at a time/place where the community knows to look for them just to engage/talk to people. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:34:24Z
- erika_owens (erika owens)
- @wjchat A7 just recognizing building a site, adding features is not enough is the first step a lot of orgs miss. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:34:28Z
- InlanderJoe (Joe O’Sullivan)
- RT @lisawilliams: @wjchat #a7 when you are new/have few commenters, make sure every comment gets an answer. No airballs! #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:34:39Z
- lisawilliams (Lisa Williams)
- @Wjchat A7B: TEXT MESSAGING. Cell phones have greater penetration than any other tech in the US, including cable TV. #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:34:44Z
- JeremyKnop (Jeremy Knop)
- girljournalist Please RT! Updating my “Journalists on Twitter” list: https://t.co/ii1kMkuq Let me know who to add. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:34:50Z
- stevebuttry (Steve Buttry)
- RT @lisawilliams: @wjchat #a7 when you are new/have few commenters, make sure every comment gets an answer. No airballs! #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:34:54Z
- Martha_Kang (Martha Kang)
- @nicwirtz Hey, you! #wjchat just reminded me that you’ve been waaay too quiet for waaay too long. What are you up to, I wonder.
- 2012-01-05T02:34:57Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- @wjchat A7B from my column I get calls like “why don’t you do those things in the paper? sounds interesting but I’m not online.” oh! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:35:06Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- Sometimes it’s as simple as starting by including an e-mail or Twitter address on every story. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:35:18Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- Q8 coming in two minutes! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:35:20Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- RT @wjchat: Q7B What if they don’t go online? How can you engage a news community that is not on digital? Ideas? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:35:18Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- Q8 coming in two minutes! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:35:20Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- RT @wjchat: Q7B What if they don’t go online? How can you engage a news community that is not on digital? Ideas? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:35:41Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- RT @wjchat: Q8 coming in two minutes! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:35:43Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- @annekristoff we’re on the same page (no pun intended). #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:35:45Z
- emmacarew (Emma Carew)
- RT @wjchat: Q7B What if they don’t go online? How can you engage a news community that is not on digital? Ideas? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:35:49Z
- ericsandy (Eric Sandy)
- Interesting notion MT @JeremyKnop We should offer free classes on how to use twitter, facebook, etc, so they can connect w/ us. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:35:57Z
- lisawilliams (Lisa Williams)
- @wjchat Q7B for reaching people who don’t have internet, mobile is a great strategy. See stats: http://t.co/CrYbTV5N #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:36:14Z
- erika_owens (erika owens)
- @wjchat A7B some online neighborhood-based outlets in philly have started publishing print products. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:36:24Z
- KurtMoore (Kurt Moore)
- @wjchat All this is great. My paper’s new to all this. Soaking all this up. Will share. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:36:30Z
- ivanlajara (Ivan Lajara)
- @girljournalist crowdsource w/ @Storify after http://t.co/OTPl3Nyx Ustream+Coverilive live http://t.co/DwS1bxmc #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:36:33Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- #WJChat #A7B You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make them drink. Some people like to get their news the old way. It’s OK. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:36:45Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- Q8 Pitch your idea: What is your innovative idea to serve a small community? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:37:06Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @profkrg @Adriana_Acosta Yeah, my Twitter is ineffective all of a sudden. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:37:20Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- @wjchat @ericsandy @JeremyKnop I do and it is great. I call it “making social media social”! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:37:41Z
- jayrosen_nyu (Jay Rosen )
- @lisawilliams #wjchat Ditto. I think I had to kill three comments in 2011 at PressThink. Q5
- 2012-01-05T02:37:48Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- RT @wjchat: Q8 Pitch your idea: What is your innovative idea to serve a small community? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:38:05Z
- mattderienzo (Matt DeRienzo)
- @wjchat A8. Help community solve problems. In CT, @vsundqvist and @middletownpress organized a winter shovel brigade for elderly. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:38:08Z
- ivanlajara (Ivan Lajara)
- Open your doors, virtual if space too small RT @wjchat: Q8 Pitch your idea: What is your innovative idea to serve a small community? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:38:11Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- RT @wjchat: Q8 Pitch your idea: What is your innovative idea to serve a small community? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:38:29Z
- TauhidChappell (Tauhid Chappell)
- @KatDuncanPhoto Good tip! I feel like there was an open newsroom experiment in New Jersey…Coffee news shop of sorts? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:38:31Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @annekristoff @KurtMoore @wjchat “I was a Yankee trying to report in small town Bama.” At least your winters were warmer! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:38:40Z
- JeremyKnop (Jeremy Knop)
- @ericsandy Indeed, in my hometown vast maj of pop is older so they have dgtl divide we spoke of earlier. So they want real paper. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:38:50Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- RT @wjchat: Q8 Pitch your idea: What is your innovative idea to serve a small community? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:38:52Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- @wjchat Q8 I actually pitched this to @elteco: Put screens up at bus stops, laundry mats, etc. flash ‘tweet’ like updates. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:38:58Z
- kat_szabs (Catherine Szabo)
- Interesting to mostly watch #wjchat. A lot of echoes of things I struggle with; there seems to be no magic solution to small-town journalism
- 2012-01-05T02:39:31Z
- OD_Fries (Amanda Fries)
- RT @KatDuncanPhoto: @wjchat A4B: knowing your audience personally means they take everything personally. It can be a challenge. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:39:31Z
- MandyFries (Amanda Fries)
- RT @KatDuncanPhoto: @wjchat A4B: knowing your audience personally means they take everything personally. It can be a challenge. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:39:41Z
- amandabee (amandabee)
- What if reporters spent as much time at street fairs kissing babies as electeds do? #wjchat Q7
- 2012-01-05T02:39:54Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- @wjchat Q8 It’s super simple, but it does require $$$ for a flatscreen, WiFi and power. But great way to get engagement, I think. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:39:57Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @TauhidChappell YUP. We’d print the schedule of reporters in locations at a certain day/time. People could come and talk in person #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:40:05Z
- TheChalkOutline (Scott Schwebke)
- @wjchat Q8 Try video such as live streaming and promote it. There isn’t likely a TV station in your town #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:40:08Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- RT @webjournalist: I actually pitched this to @elteco: Put screens up at bus stops, laundry mats, etc. flash tweet like updates. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:40:09Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @wjchat Q8. I’ve filmed bands and put their original songs on our site. Unfortunately, that’s time-consuming and Mrs. Funk objects! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:40:14Z
- lisawilliams (Lisa Williams)
- @wjchat q8: what do we mean by “small”? Ballpark population you’re thinking of serving? #wjchat (I do a lot of population stats)
#wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:40:14Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- @wjchat Q8 Just put a screen where ever people have to wait in line. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:40:37Z
- henrymlopez (Henry M. Lopez)
- Had lots of connectivity problems tonight. Sorry I’ve been out of touch tonight #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:40:40Z
- KurtMoore (Kurt Moore)
- @kat_szabs @wjchat Patience. Thick skin. And not giving up. All I can say. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:40:56Z
- lindaperrybarr (Linda Perry )
- Talk about using a hashtag at an event so comments are on the same pg @SaleemChat @wjchat to serve a small community? Share #tweets #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:40:56Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- RT @amandabee: What if reporters spent as much time at street fairs kissing babies as electeds do? #wjchat Q7
- 2012-01-05T02:41:05Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @amandabee “What if reporters spent as much time at street fairs kissing babies as electeds do?” Don’t want to emulate those types! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:41:07Z
- acnatta (André Natta)
- RT @amandabee: What if reporters spent as much time at street fairs kissing babies as electeds do? #wjchat Q7 #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:41:15Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- #WJChat #A8 Set up office hours at the local coffee shop or diner. Be accessible. Create an open newsroom. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:41:18Z
- JeremyKnop (Jeremy Knop)
- @wjchat A8 I think we should offer free courses to older populace on how to stay connected with us via social media etc. etc. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:41:21Z
- lindaperrybarr (Linda Perry )
- @henrymlopez Hi henry:) #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:41:23Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- @wjchat @amandabee In a sense you are onto something. meet & greets are wonderful for drumming up new interest. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:41:25Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- Community news integration RT @SaleemChat: RT @wjchat: Q8 Pitch your idea: What is your innovative idea to serve a small community? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:41:26Z
- ericsandy (Eric Sandy)
- Great metaphor (?!) to ponder RT @amandabee: What if reporters spent as much time at street fairs kissing babies as electeds do? #wjchat Q7
- 2012-01-05T02:41:41Z
- lindaperrybarr (Linda Perry )
- @KatDuncanPhoto silly #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:41:42Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- Be present in your community – both online and in person. High school sports, community events, fundraisers, etc. Host a few, too. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:41:46Z
- ivanlajara (Ivan Lajara)
- @girljournalist There is no way our newsroom could have gotten all these: http://t.co/CCrSOck3 Towns were closed off, to boot. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:42:00Z
- henrymlopez (Henry M. Lopez)
- @lindaperrybarr Howdy #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:42:08Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- @lisawilliams We’re not defining size… up to interpretation. Could be underserved community too rather than market size. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:42:13Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @lindaperrybarr we do hastags at events, but its mostly just the reporters. Not our followers. Hard to get people to do that. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:42:25Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- [Don't talk: Do it.] RT @lindaperrybarr: Talk about using a hashtag at an event so comments are on the same pg … #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:42:29Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- During the events, show what they can do to interact with your newsroom online – during and after. Some people just need a tutorial #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:42:30Z
- JeremyKnop (Jeremy Knop)
- @wjchat A8 pt2 This is why they still want the “real paper” in my town because they don’t know how to use the digital side or SM. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:42:35Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- We crashed Twitter w great topic! RT @henrymlopez: Had lots of connectivity problems tonight. Sorry Ive been out of touch tonight #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:42:36Z
- amandabee (amandabee)
- @wjchat Radio has this down. Q7 #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:42:40Z
- ericsandy (Eric Sandy)
- One of my new year goals MT @SaleemChat: #WJChat Set up office hours at the local coffee shop or diner. Be accessible. Create open newsroom
- 2012-01-05T02:42:42Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- Final Q coming in two minutes! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:42:49Z
- lisawilliams (Lisa Williams)
- @wjchat a8: stop trying to serve the overserved. No more iPhone apps! #wjchat
#wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:43:00Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- @adampopescu What is “community news integration”? #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:43:05Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- Like RT @webjournalist I actually pitched this to @elteco: Put screens up at bus stops, laundry mats, etc. flash tweet like updates. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:43:20Z
- lindaperrybarr (Linda Perry )
- @JeremyKnop some do offer sm workshops at senio centers and libraries, but not acrossvthe board. Time consuming #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:43:20Z
- acnatta (André Natta)
- Q8 Go out and talk to them. It’s so crazy, it might work :) Maybe go to where they are and interact a la radio #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:43:21Z
- ericsandy (Eric Sandy)
- MT @JeremyKnop I think we should offer free courses to older populace on how to stay connected with us via social media etc. etc. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:43:32Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- RT @wjchat: Final Q coming in two minutes! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:43:40Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- RT @lisawilliams: @wjchat a8: stop trying to serve the overserved. No more iPhone apps! #wjchat
#wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:43:52Z
- MandyFries (Amanda Fries)
- @SaleemChat I like the idea of doing officer hours at a local coffee shop! Good use of downtime #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:43:56Z
- KurtMoore (Kurt Moore)
- @wjchat Smalltown journalism is like being a salesman. You have to promote product. Sell your story ideas. Cover community events. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:43:59Z
- annekristoff (anne kristoff )
- @SaleemChat can you create an open newsroom at…the actual newspaper? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:44:15Z
- ivanlajara (Ivan Lajara)
- I forgot who taught me this #awesomesauce exercise: Send reporters to diner, tell them to come back with THE story #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:44:16Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @ericsandy @SaleemChat been at papers that do that, each reporter in their coverage area. People love it! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:44:16Z
- ReachAngi (Angi Carter)
- RT @wjchat: Final Q coming in two minutes! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:44:18Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- Me too! MT @ericsandy: One of my new year goals MT@SaleemChat Set up office hours at local coffee shop. Be accessible. Open newsroom #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:44:22Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @annekristoff Ouch! Now, that’s winter. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:44:24Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- RT @ericsandyMT @JeremyKnop I think we should offer free courses to older populace on how to stay connected with us via social media #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:44:33Z
- KurtMoore (Kurt Moore)
- @wjchat Sell as in promote or drum up interest in. Not for cash. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:44:48Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- #WJChat #A8 Train the public to gather and submit their own news. Bakersfield Online [?] started doing it years ago. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:44:50Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- @SaleemChat I think of it as a digital means (either sm platform or website base) a way for locals to communicate news to newspapers #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:44:52Z
- lisawilliams (Lisa Williams)
- RT @acnatta: Q8 Go out and talk to them. Its so crazy, it might work :) Maybe go to where they are and interact a la radio #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:44:55Z
- amandabee (amandabee)
- RT @lisawilliams: @wjchat a8: stop trying to serve the overserved. No more iPhone apps! #wjchat
#wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:44:55Z
- jayrosen_nyu (Jay Rosen )
- #wjchat Q8 100 percent coverage, over as many community happenings as you can manage. http://t.co/Fhm2yPi2
- 2012-01-05T02:44:57Z
- MandyFries (Amanda Fries)
- RT @annekristoff: @SaleemChat can you create an open newsroom at…the actual newspaper? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:45:05Z
- ivanlajara (Ivan Lajara)
- Ask @rcnewsroomcafe! RT @annekristoff: @SaleemChat can you create an open newsroom at…the actual newspaper? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:45:07Z
- JeremyKnop (Jeremy Knop)
- @lindaperrybarr Exactly, not across the board. Nonexistent in my hometown. If it was that would be #awesomesauce! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:45:12Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- Final Q: Give a shout out to people producing great digital journalism in smaller markets. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:45:14Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @annekristoff @SaleemChat I think its better to host office hours at an assigned place and day/time out in the community. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:45:19Z
- TheChalkOutline (Scott Schwebke)
- @wjchat Everyone should read this article about why rural newspapers are thriving http://t.co/MQ68kExk #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:45:43Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- RT @annekristoff: @SaleemChat can you create an open newsroom at…the actual newspaper? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:45:45Z
- lindaperrybarr (Linda Perry )
- @JeremyKnop Glad to hear a commty still wants hard copy of a paper. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:45:50Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- RT @wjchat: Final Q: Give a shout out to people producing great digital journalism in smaller markets. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:46:16Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- RT @lindaperrybarr: @JeremyKnop Glad to hear a commty still wants hard copy of a paper. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:46:37Z
- annekristoff (anne kristoff )
- @TheChalkOutline I wish that were true in every rural market @wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:46:47Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- RT @TheChalkOutline: @wjchat Everyone should read this article about why rural newspapers are thriving http://t.co/8vpDaN9z #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:47:04Z
- mattderienzo (Matt DeRienzo)
- .@valleyindy RT @wjchat Final Q: Give a shout out to people producing great digital journalism in smaller markets. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:47:06Z
- ShaunaReporter (shauna stuart)
- @girljournalist add mee!!!!!!!! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:47:08Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- #WJChat #A8 No reason you can’t have an open newsroom at the paper itself. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. cc @annekristoff #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:47:15Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- RT @wjchat: Final Q: Give a shout out to people producing great digital journalism in smaller markets. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:47:17Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- @SaleemChat I’m thinking along the lines of yr last comment “train the public to submit their own news.” #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:47:36Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @wjchat S/O to Village Soup in Camden, Maine. Great concept of utmost community involvement. Good demographic to support it. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:47:41Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- RT @mattderienzo: Yes! RT @annekristoff @SaleemChat can you create an open newsroom at…the actual newspaper? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:47:57Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @TauhidChappell It went well because it showed we were willing to go out and meet them where they live/work. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:48:10Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- @DanBrechlinRJ RT @wjchat: Final Q: Give a shout out to people producing great digital journalism in smaller markets. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:48:26Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- @FollowingFarrah RT @wjchat: Final Q: Give a shout out to people producing great digital journalism in smaller markets. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:48:26Z
- TheChalkOutline (Scott Schwebke)
- @wjchatShout out to my buddy and former co-worker Lance Martin @rrspin who is a one man band in Roanoke Rapids, N.C #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:48:32Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @annekristoff @SaleemChat yea but if cover areas 30-40 min away, its nice to go there for office hours. Shows you care. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:48:44Z
- JeremyKnop (Jeremy Knop)
- RT @wjchat: Final Q: Give a shout out to people producing great digital journalism in smaller markets. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:48:54Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- #WJChat #A9 As I mentioned, I think the Digital First / JRC group are doing small-market / local news right. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:48:56Z
- cooljustice (andy thibault)
- RT @mattderienzo: Yes! RT @annekristoff @SaleemChat can you create an open newsroom at…the actual newspaper? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:49:06Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @annekristoff Yes! Definitely. Shows the community you know them and are willing to put effort into talking with them. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:49:15Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- @BrandonGearing & @MDeziel RT @wjchat: Final Q: Give a shout out to people producing great digital journalism in smaller markets. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:49:33Z
- TheChalkOutline (Scott Schwebke)
- @wjchat Shout out to my buddy and former co-worker Lance Martin @rrspin who is a one man band in Roanoke Rapids, N.C #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:49:35Z
- lisawilliams (Lisa Williams)
- “From ‘Write us a post’ to ‘fill out this form’: progress in pro-am journalism” http://t.co/ABAudcif #wjchat @jayrosen_nyu #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:49:36Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- @falconsjadams @nickcicero !! RT @wjchat: Final Q: Give a shout out to people producing great digital journalism in smaller markets. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:49:51Z
- nettie_b (Nettie Britts)
- RT @jayrosen_nyu: #wjchat Q8 100 percent coverage, over as many community happenings as you can manage. http://t.co/Fhm2yPi2
- 2012-01-05T02:50:00Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- The rest of the @Record_Journal staff MT @wjchat: Give a shout out to people producing great digital journalism in smaller markets. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:50:18Z
- fcoel (Flor Coelho)
- Don´t miss the #wjchat !!!! Here, the hashtag search http://t.co/2QegTCn1
- 2012-01-05T02:50:21Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- Thanks to everyone who produces great digital journalism!! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:50:31Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- @tanehisi Hey, can I pitch you something right quick by DM? It’s about #wjchat a weekly Web journalism chat held through Twitter.
- 2012-01-05T02:50:44Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- @wjchat Final A: SHOUTING!!!! kudos to the little trains that can & do it all! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:51:15Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- RT @LiciBev: @wjchat Final A: SHOUTING!!!! kudos to the little trains that can & do it all! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:51:31Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- RT @LiciBev: @wjchat Final A: SHOUTING!!!! kudos to the little trains that can & do it all! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:51:36Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- That is our time, folks… a HUGE thanks to our host @Adriana_Acosta! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:51:40Z
- MandyFries (Amanda Fries)
- Quick question for you all: What do you think of http://t.co/u0gdonMm hyper-local news coverage? #wjchat #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:51:43Z
- MarkLoundy (Mark Loundy)
- @wjchat Here’s a list of staffers, editors, techies and other online local newsies. http://t.co/kUncLjbi #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:51:45Z
- lindaperrybarr (Linda Perry )
- CBC/Radio-Canada RT @wjchat: Final Q: Give a shout out to people producing great digital journalism in smaller markets.p #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:51:53Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- #WJChat #A9 I also think there are a lot of journalists at colleges and universities who are doing good work against the odds. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:51:58Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- Friend us on Facebook: http://t.co/jnjKOw5q and put us in your Google+ Epic Bros circle: http://t.co/mK2VdyaQ #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:52:09Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @LiciBev @wjchat “SHOUTING!!!! kudos to the little trains that can & do it all!” Love it!!! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:52:13Z
- ivanlajara (Ivan Lajara)
- @watershedpost RT @wjchat: Final Q: Give a shout out to people producing great digital journalism in smaller markets. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:52:22Z
- annekristoff (anne kristoff )
- Shout out to the CT peeps: @AMartinMedia @mattderienzo. I grew up in Greenwich. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:52:24Z
- Adriana_Acosta (Adriana M. Acosta)
- Had an amazing time! Thanks everyone!! RT @wjchat: That is our time, folks… a HUGE thanks to our host @Adriana_Acosta! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:52:31Z
- InlanderJoe (Joe O’Sullivan)
- #wjchat @CSTribune: only statewide daily in WY. W/ a newsroom of about 30, they do politics, energy, local, sports, features, investigative.
- 2012-01-05T02:52:32Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- @PSNotebook @ericsandy I love it when I can”hold court”. Or sometimes I call it a live remote, lol. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:52:37Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- #WJChat #A9 College / university and even high school media are also small markets.
#wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:52:41Z
- erika_owens (erika owens)
- RT @Adriana_Acosta: Thanks to everyone who produces great digital journalism!! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:52:41Z
- lindaperrybarr (Linda Perry )
- RT @SaleemChat A9 I also think there are a lot of journalists at colleges and universities who are doing good work against the odds. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:53:02Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @MandyFries we covered that earlier actually. If you scroll back, you’ll see it :) #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:53:16Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- Waterbury! #ctrepresent RT @annekristoff: Shout out to the CT peeps: @AMartinMedia @mattderienzo. I grew up in Greenwich. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:53:24Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @LiciBev @PSNotebook @ericsandy ooo thats what i’m going to call it. holding court. I like that. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:53:24Z
- InlanderJoe (Joe O’Sullivan)
- #wjchat Thanks all, goodnight!
- 2012-01-05T02:53:27Z
- lisawilliams (Lisa Williams)
- @wjchat “hyperlocal” turns out to be a misnomer — it’s mostly city/town, not neighborhood, and thus only really “local.” #wjchat
#wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:53:38Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- [+1. Huge local digital initiative underway.] RT @lindaperrybarr: CBC/Radio-Canada #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:53:53Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @MandyFries Patch has good philosophical approach, but w/o financial resources to back it. Advertisers still leery of Web. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:54:33Z
- lindaperrybarr (Linda Perry )
- TY RT @Adriana_Acosta: Amazing time! RT @wjchat: That is our time, folks… a HUGE thanks to our host @Adriana_Acosta! #wjchat”
- 2012-01-05T02:54:38Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- Join us next week when the host is scheduled to be http://t.co/8arRUbmQ social media columnist Maria Burns Ortiz / @burnsortiz #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:54:57Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- Thanks, @Adriana_Acosta !!! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:54:58Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- @KatDuncanPhoto Oh it is so fun. people come to pay homage to the queen! and bask in her radiance, lol. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:55:34Z
- lisawilliams (Lisa Williams)
- @wjchat I think radio could end up going very big into local online, actually. @SaleemChat @lindaperrybarr #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:55:40Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- @KatDuncanPhoto @annekristoff You can do both — open newsroom and office hours at a coffee shop / diner / where people gather. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:55:55Z
- MarkLoundy (Mark Loundy)
- The bit.ly link isn’t working for some people. https://t.co/5qhVMQ5h #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:55:57Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- Good night all! Thanks for a great conversation about digital journalism. Welcome to my new followers! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:55:58Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @LiciBev hahaha that’d be awesome. I need some people to bask in my radiance. The cape should help that. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:56:07Z
- Shominik (Sundra Hominik)
- @wjchat thanks all #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:56:14Z
- wjchat (wjchat)
- See you next week! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:56:18Z
- RobinJP (Robin J Phillips)
- Yes! It’s really fun. RT @InlanderJoe: @RobinJP wait, you know people in real life? Not fair! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:56:29Z
- AMartinMedia (Alex J. Martin)
- @Adriana_Acosta Thanks for hosting! Take care! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:56:33Z
- rsylvester (Ron Sylvester)
- When you are established with many commenters, keep responding. Some still need to learn that @lisawilliams @stevebuttry #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:56:38Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- @Adriana_Acosta @wjchat @webjournalist Thanks for hosting! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:56:59Z
- ShaunaReporter (shauna stuart)
- @wjchat @burnsortiz awesome! can’t wait! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:57:11Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- Great chat y’all… of course, TweetDeck/Twitter API is starting to work now as the chat ends. :-/ #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:57:15Z
- lindaperrybarr (Linda Perry )
- Night and best wishes for a great New YeAr @wjchat ;) RT @InlanderJoe: #wjchat Thanks all, goodnight! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:57:15Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @SaleemChat @annekristoff very true! Maybe even do a webcam at your budget meetings once a week, show your community how its done #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:57:32Z
- TauhidChappell (Tauhid Chappell)
- Again, another awesome discussion in today’s @wjchat! Thanks for hosting @Adriana_Acosta! Great chat everyone. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:57:44Z
- adampopescu (Adam Popescu)
- #wjchat ★ring @latams @SaleemChat @jeremyknop @profkrg @tauhidchappell @LiciBev @TheChalkOutline @adriana_acosta @harrylfunk @katduncanphoto
- 2012-01-05T02:57:46Z
- JeremyKnop (Jeremy Knop)
- @wjchat Final A shoutout: @sgravlee @Angela_Douglas @NikkiLaurenzo @Laurakulr8 @Amanda_Venegas @KULR @ktvq #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:58:00Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- This is my chat-only account. I’m normally at @saleemkhan if you want to connect. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:58:07Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- @RobinJP We missed you and your minions, too! :) #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:58:07Z
- lisawilliams (Lisa Williams)
- @rsylvester Agreed. Too many comment sections are “reader playpens” with no news org interaction with readers. Pointless.
#wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:58:30Z
- jesse_garnier (Jesse Garnier)
- @wjchat Argh, missed it again! Working too hard these days on http://t.co/unPqwcdE LOL. Catch you guys all soon! Cheers #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:58:32Z
- TheChalkOutline (Scott Schwebke)
- @wjchat Thanks for the great chat all. A HAZMAT crew has just arrived at my desk. The search for Hoffa continues #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:58:49Z
- lisawilliams (Lisa Williams)
- @webjournalist is that what it was? I thought I’d screwed something up with my install of Tweetdeck. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:58:56Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- @TauhidChappell @mattderienzo yes and I think it works especially well in smaller communities. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:59:16Z
- erika_owens (erika owens)
- @lisawilliams @wjchat @SaleemChat @lindaperrybarr low power FM is another great place-based opportunity for news, community building #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:59:36Z
- webjournalist (Robert Hernandez)
- @lisawilliams Yeah… I nearly installed the new version of TweetDeck. Glad I didn’t! I hear horrible things. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T02:59:57Z
- harryLfunk (Harry Funk)
- @wjchat Thanks for the enlightenment, everyone! #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T03:00:12Z
- erika_owens (erika owens)
- @wjchat @Adriana_Acosta thanks! always fun even when late and plagued by tech issues #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T03:00:21Z
- lisawilliams (Lisa Williams)
- @ericaowens @lindaperrybarr @SaleemChat I’d love to see more LPFM. Radio is a fantastic community medium. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T03:01:35Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- RT @adampopescu: #wjchat ★ring @latams @SaleemChat @jeremyknop @profkrg @tauhidchappell @LiciBev @TheChalkOutline @adriana_acosta @harrylfunk @katduncanphoto
- 2012-01-05T03:01:56Z
- KatDuncanPhoto (Kat Duncan)
- Was awesome as always. So glad to be a part of these chats! Feel free to tweet me anytime, even when its not weds :) #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T03:02:18Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- Twitter’s API is eating tweets on my end tonight. If I missed a question or comment you sent, hit me up at @saleemkhan . #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T03:04:38Z
- JKealing (Jonathan Kealing)
- RT @elizabeth_shell: public media model will shift tremendously heavier onto online, & away from broadcast in 2012 #wjchat a3
- 2012-01-05T03:06:55Z
- girljournalist (Staci Baird)
- Please RT! Updating my “Journalism education” list. If you’re a j-prof, let me know, I’ll add you. https://t.co/WyOlZkgJ #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T03:10:14Z
- SaleemChat (Saleem Khan)
- @kat_szabs When crowdsourcing, go to your audience. They may be on Facebook or Flickr instead. Engage and expand channels. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T03:15:06Z
- kat_szabs (Catherine Szabo)
- @SaleemChat Trying to. We promote via FB & Twitter, I can embed youtube & Flickr in the online paper. #wjchat http://t.co/HqmmMrNJ
- 2012-01-05T03:20:05Z
- caseycora (caseycora)
- Yep. RT @webjournalist Also, just realized we need a http://t.co/8yyncTV8 room … I’m jamming to music, but why do it alone? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T03:20:57Z
- kat_szabs (Catherine Szabo)
- @KarenUnland @Laurie_Callsen Just read this b/c of #wjchat! :) Kind of, but I think Lloyd is a little bigger than average small town paper.
- 2012-01-05T03:21:58Z
- NSlayton (Nicholas Slayton)
- @webjournalist I’m in. It’s a mix of 90s electronic and alternative for me. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T03:22:45Z
- ingramben (Ben Ingram)
- Create a professional, marketable facebook profile. Yes profile….And add everybody in the town as friends #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T03:24:41Z
- Zielina (Anita Zielina)
- Wise words! RT @mattderienzo Web connects people to each other. Paywalls put wall between those connections: Bad #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T03:26:54Z
- journtoolbox (Journalist’s Toolbox)
- Add me! @girljournalist Updating Journalism education” list. If you’re a j-prof, let me know, I’ll add you. https://t.co/2bElHyZZ #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T03:28:09Z
- vsundqvist (Viktoria Sundqvist)
- Ha! +1 RT @mattderienzo: Ha! RT @wjchat Q5B How about comments? Does a small town mean a more civilized conversation? #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T03:30:05Z
- vsundqvist (Viktoria Sundqvist)
- RT @ivanlajara: I forgot who taught me this #awesomesauce exercise: Send reporters to diner, tell them to come back with THE story #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T03:37:47Z
- SaveTheNews (SaveTheNews)
- We’re working on that! RT @lisawilliams: I’d love to see more LPFM. Radio is a fantastic community medium. #wjchat
- 2012-01-05T03:39:00Z
- LiciBev (Lici Beveridge)
- @KyleMJ6977 it was really fun. You should join sometime. Goofy journalists networking about the industry. #wjchat I learn a lot.
- 2012-01-05T03:42:48Z
- LATams (Tami Abdollah)
- @wjchat All over now, I’m sure, but major Internet issues and stuff went crazy at work. Better now. Sorry I missed most of the #wjchat.
- 2012-01-05T03:47:57Z
- drcarp (Serena Carpenter)
- Add me, thx! “@girljournalist: Please MT! Updating my “Jrn ed” list. If you’re a j-prof, let me know. https://t.co/oQoBitML #wjchat”
- 2012-01-05T03:52:30Z
- mhsjteacher (Noah Kady)
- RT @jayrosen_nyu: #wjchat Q8 100 percent coverage, over as many community happenings as you can manage. http://t.co/Fhm2yPi2
- 2012-01-05T03:53:46Z
- jonathanstray (jonathanstray)
- RT @annekristoff: @TheChalkOutline I wish that were true in every rural market @wjchat #wjchat