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New J-Skills: What to Measure?

April 10, 2008 – 10:02 am

Berbercarpet, via Flickr (CC license)

Journalism sudents need the right tools — and skills — for the kinds of careers and opportunities they’re really going to be making for themselves.

Picking up on my post yesterday, Univ. of Florida journalism professor Mindy McAdams challenged me (and her other readers) to translate my quick list of what j-schools [...]

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Feed overload? Ditch the guilt, embrace serendipity

November 14, 2007 – 9:49 am

Here’s what my feed reader looks like right now.

I’ve lost track of how many RSS feeds I subscribe to in my feed reader — somewhere between 100 and 200, I’m guessing. But that doesn’t matter, because despite the volume it’s surprisingly manageable and rewarding. The secret, I’ve found, is to let go of any sense [...]

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in Feeds (RSS), Microblogging, blogs, conversational media, emotions, productivity, psychology, research | Comments (10)

Ask, and you shall receive — with help from social media

October 5, 2007 – 10:00 am

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Discussion on the Facebook group for Tidbits readers.

This Sunday my colleague Barb Iverson and I will give a workshop called “Web Productivity and Tech Tools Workout” at the Society of Professional Journalists conference in Washington, DC.
We’ve mapped out several cool topics to cover. This is the first of a few posts that will serve as [...]

By Amy Gahran | Also posted in Amy's Adventures, collaboration, community, conversational media, events, social media, tools | Comments (4)