Thursday, Oct. 6: Reporting techniques with Wall Street Journal reporter Amy Merrick (@amyjmerrick)
- Storify archive of the chat
- Next #spjchat coming in late October!
Storify case study on how #SPJchat archives its chats.
SPJ Blog Talk Radio discussion on how #SPJchat works.
Storify blog post about #SPJchat with Burt Herman.
Article by @dailynewstwist on #SPJchat.
Blog post by @clayduda on #SPJchat.
How to Particpate in SPJ Chat
1. Make sure you follow @spjchat from the Twitter account you plan to use for #SPJchat.
2. About five minutes before the chat, log-in to Twitter and type #SPJchat in the search box. Hootsuite and TweetDeck also work well for the chat. Just type the hashtag into the search field.
3. Make sure you use the #SPJchat hashtag in any of the tweets you are posting to the chat. Also, include the question number (Q1, Q2) in the tweet to help keep the chat focused.
6. The #spjchat starts at 7 p.m. Central Time every other Thursday. Mike Reilley of @journtoolbox and @spjchat moderates.
7. Submit questions for the chat by direct messaging your question to Mike by typing d @spjchat followed by your message. OR by sending the question without the hashtag to @spjchat. Mike will do his best to get it posted. Please don’t interrupt the chat with a question out of the context of the discussion.
8. The only rules of the chat: Introduce yourself, play nice, stay on topic and offer insight/retweet what others say.
9. Journalists from all over the world participate in the chat. So this is a nice opportunity to network, gain new followers and use social media in a whole new way.
10. Visit Storify to read highlights of the chat. We post late on Friday afternoons.
11. Tips on chat etiquette.
Click on the link below for the tentative schedule of topics:
Upcoming Topics (subject to change)
Special guests will be added the week before the chat. To suggest one, DM us @spjchat
Oct. 20 or 27: Topics TBA
PAST SPJ CHATS
Jan. 6 Topic: Online Storytelling and Best Practices with:
- Mark Briggs, author of Journalism 2.0
- Mark Luckie, Washington Post national innovations editor, author of The Digital Journalist’s Handbook and founder of the 10000words Blog
- Mandy Jenkins, social media producer at TBD.com
- Storify summary of the chat
Jan. 13 Topic: Copy Editing and Social Media with our Panel of Experts:
- Andy Bechtel, University of North Carolina and author of The Editor’s Desk blog
- Mignon Fogarty, author of Grammar Girl book and podcasts
- Sue Bullard, University of Nebraska College of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Mark Allen, freelance writer and copy editor, ACES/Copydesk.org
- and a SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY GRAMMAR HULK!
- Storify summary of the chat
Jan. 20 Topic: Journalism and Branding with our Panel of Experts:
- Darren Rovell, sports business reporter, NBC Universal
- Jennifer Gaie Hellum, recent graduate, ASU Cronkite Journalism MA Program
- Morgan Siem, Social Media Strategist at Media Two Interactive, UNC alum
- Craig Kanalley, Huffington Post Traffic and Trends editor, DePaul University Master’s alum
- Storify summary of the chat
Jan. 27 Topic: Social Media’s Influence on Sports Coverage with our panel of experts:
- Scott Howard-Cooper, writer for NBA.com
- Ryan Lawrence, Phillies beat writer and blogger for Delaware County Times
- Sean Jensen, Bears beat writer for Chicago Sun-Times
- Storify summary of the chat.
Feb. 3 Topic: Diversity: How online media can do a better job of covering it with our panel of experts:
- George Daniels, SPJ Diversity Committee chairman and assistant professor, University of Alabama
- Sree Sreenivasan, Columbia University School of Journalism dean of student affairs & professor, online journalism expert
- Kristen Aguirre, DePaul University graduate journalism student
- Kareem Johnson, freelance multi-platform multimedia journalist
- Vi Nguyen, DePaul University undergraduate journalism student
- Storify summary of the chat.
Feb. 10 Topic: Hyperlocal Journalism with our panel of experts:
- Monica Guzman of @intersect
- Andrew Huff of Gapers Block
- Susan Mernit of Oakland Local
- Brad Flora of Windy Citizen and NowSpots.com
- Heather MacDonald of TribLocal Downers Grove
- Storify summary of the chat.
Feb. 24 Topic: Social Media’s Impact on Entertainment Coverage with our panel of experts:
- Kirstin Wilder, managing editor of Variety
- MariaElena Fernandez (@writerchica) of the LA Times
- Ali Trumbull, undergraduate journalism student at DePaul University’s College of Communication who live-tweeted from The Grammys
- Storify summary of the chat.
March 3 Topic: Social Media Tools for Journalists
- Storify summary of the chat.
March 10 Topic: Health News Literacy and Go-to Resources with special guest moderator Jennifer Gaie Hellum @jghellum
- Storify summary of the chat
March 24 Topic: Accuracy and Journalism with Regret the Error’s Craig Silverman
- Storify summary of the chat
March 31 Topic: iPad2 for Journalists (preview for SPJ Region 4-5 Super Regional seminar)
April 7 Topic: Social Media Curation with Storify founder Burt Herman
April 21 Topic: Mobile Apps and Other Reporting Tools for Journalists
- Helpful iPad and iPhone tools from the chat
April 28 Topic: Social Media & Covering Courts with Ron Sylvester, @rsylvester
- Storify highlights of the chat
May 5: Social Media, Accuracy and bin Laden coverage
- Storify highlights of the chat
May 12: Database Reporting and Data Visualization with special guest Andy Boyle
- Storify archive of the chat
May 26: Overheard in the Newsroom’s Kevin Cobb @ohnewsroom
June 2: NPR’s Andy Carvin on his Middle East coverage on Twitter
- Storify summary of the chat
Sept. 8: Covering 9/11: What Have We Learned?
- Storify summary of the chat
Thursday, Oct. 6: Reporting techniques with Wall Street Journal reporter Amy Merrick (@amyjmerrick)
- Storify summary of the chat
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