Mobile and Social Media Journalism

Journalists from the Richmond-Times Dispatch spoke to the iPadJournos on Tuesday morning about the changes the newspaper has undergone this past year since billionaire investor Warren Buffett took over and ab out the important role social media is playing in the news business today.

Nathan Hughes (@rvabusiness), co-founder of the Social Media Club Richmond (RVA), visited our iPadJournos class on Thursday to discuss the upcoming networking event of the club. “Single and Social” will take place on place on Feb. 21 at the Barksdale Theater. By Dana Carlson (@anecdotesofdana)

Lorenzo Hall (@LorenzoHall), anchor and reporter for CBS 6, came to class yesterday to speak about reporting and social media. He had a very unique story to tell about how he got involved in journalism. As children, he would play in a burnt down car in a rough neighborhood near his grandparent’s house after school. [...]

As part of your social media critique assignment, you were asked to analyze the social media engagements of media organizations of your choice. Below are the links to the presentations of all of the five teams:

It was great meeting everyone last week. It seems like we are off to a great start! Here are some tasks you should complete, so we are all on the same page by the beginning of our second week.

Click on this link to view the introductory lecture on social media. To view the presentation on your iPad, make sure that you have downloaded the Prezi app. Then download the presentation with your app.