JUDD SLIVKA | DECEMBER 23, 2015
We talk about apps and frames, quick-to-social and between-casts. And we talk about when we should and shouldn't use mobile devices for journalism. Well, let's stop talking about application and talk for a few minutes about execution.
By DAVID DONALDSON
Media Law Lecturer, University of Texas
Q: What effect does the new Texas law on Open Carry of handguns have on our office policies about handguns for employees and visitors?
Who gets it right?
January 13, 2016
In 2015, I visited a lot of successful papers
By Kevin Slimp
Software ReviewI’ve been training and advising newspapers for 21 years, ever since Larry Smith asked me to come look over his operation in LaFollette, TN, in 1994. I worked with more than 100 papers in my travels this year, not counting the thousands of papers that attended conferences and training events I’ve led.
If anyone is wondering, elementary students in today’s digital, fast-paced world do know what a newspaper is.
Meme available for TPA member use courtesy of our friends at the Colorado Press Association
Journalist entries sought for 2016 Texas Gavel Awards
Posted on January 5, 2016 by foiftexas
Entries sought for 2016 Texas Gavel Awards
-Annual Awards Recognize Journalistic Excellence in Legal Reporting-
GateHouse Media says it will continue to expand its footprint in Austin in 2016, adding workers and increasing the amount of office space it leases.
Source: Media company adding jobs, leases more office space in Austin | www.statesman.com
Every time you open Facebook, one of the world’s most influential, controversial, and misunderstood algorithms springs into action. It scans and collects everything posted in the past week by each of your friends, everyone you follow, each group you belong to, and every Facebook page you’ve liked. For the average Facebook user, that’s more than 1,500 posts. If you have several hundred friends, it could be as many as 10,000.
The medium has actually held up quite well but buyers see it as struggling
Source: Radio: Fighting a problem of perception - Media Life Magazine