Journos Using Facebook 11/10/2009

The Poynter Institute  will host a Webinar Thursday to help journalists effectively use Facebook to reach new audiences, enhance their storytelling and engage online readers.

The event, offered via Poynter’s NewsU, begins at 2 p.m. Eastern time on Nov. 12.

Ellyn Angelotti, interactivity editor of Poynter Online and adjunct faculty at Poynter, will demonstrate how news organizations are using Facebook. Participants will explore best practices and techniques for building an online presence.

The one-hour Webinar costs $24.95. For more information and to register, go to www.newsu.org/FacebookWebinar09.

Seminar About Women, Online Media 10/15/2009

Women news creators/consumers: Register for upcoming Media Women Entrepreneurs Summit in D.C., http://www.newmediawomen.org/events/register. The event, held on Nov. 9 at the Kaiser Family Foundation Public Affairs Center, is supported by the McCormick Foundation  New Media Women Entrepreneurs project. Topics to be covered include training citizen journalists, launching niche sites and J-Lab  research on the media needs of women news consumers/creators.

Webcast Devoted to Helping Journalists Use Facebook 09/21/2009

On Sept. 18, the Columbia Journalism School  presented a webcast/call-in show about ways journalists could use Facebook to get story ideas, connect with sources and draw more attention to their writing.  Columbia media professor Sree Sreenivasan  moderated the event, which featured speakers such as Ben Parr, co-editor of Mashable.com and Barry Schnitt, director of communications, privacy and policy for Facebook.

•  To listen to the archived “Advanced Facebook for Journalists.”  
•  For information on previous webcasts offered by the journalism school

Washington Post, WaPo.com to Merge Operations 09/18/2009

The print and online operations of  The Washington Post   will merge as of Jan. 1, 2010.

“Combining our newspaper and web operations into a single company makes apparent what we have all understood – that we all share the same mission of providing unique information and insight into the workings of Washington and the same commitment to that mission,” said Katharine Weymouth, Washington Post publisher and chief executive office of  Washington Post Media, in an announcement sent out to employees Thursday. 

The Web site operated for years in a separate Arlington office featuring its own staff including its own publisher and executive editor. The newspaper’s main newsroom is in downtown D.C.

Weymouth said that “creating one company allows us to maximize our quality and effectiveness by leveraging the talent, prcoesses and resources of these previously separate organizations in a more seamless way.”