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My ‘mommy blogging’ research is featured on the Broad Side 26 Apr 2013 | 09:35 pm
This week I had the privilege of having my work featured on the Broad Side, an online magazine of women’s writing about important issues of the day. My post focuses on the love-hate relationship some ...
My social media class featured in Hattiesburg American in Mississippi 18 Jan 2013 | 04:47 am
Last week, I had the privilege of teaching a new class about social media for journalism and other communications students at The University of Southern Mississippi, and I was thrilled that the Hattie...
My interview on Instagram’s terms of service change regarding use of pictures 31 Dec 2012 | 06:07 pm
As 2012 wound to a close, Instagram, the hugely popular photo-sharing social medium, angered many of its users by changing its terms of service, and implying it might sell people’s pictures for advert...
My hope for 2013: The power of the app comes to local news 31 Dec 2012 | 05:46 pm
My prediction for 2013 in the world of news may be more of a hope or a dream than a true prediction. I want this to be the year that the power of the app will come to smaller local news organizations...
SuperTalk Mississippi interviews me about social media and the election 5 Dec 2012 | 09:38 pm
I had the privilege on Election Day to speak with Marshall Ramsey of SuperTalk Mississippi, an FM radio station, about social media as I did back in September. This time, the topic was how social medi...
SuperTalk Mississippi interviews me about Hurricane Isaac 20 Sep 2012 | 11:05 pm
I had the pleasure recently to get interviewed on the Marshall Ramsey Show on SuperTalk Mississippi (supertalk.fm). Marshall asked me to come on his show to discuss a piece I wrote about what I call t...
Hurricane Isaac coverage showcases hybrid model for news 5 Sep 2012 | 09:40 pm
A lot of hand-wringing goes into wondering what the future of journalism will look like? Will digital or multimedia journalism serve readers better than print? What role will social media play in the ...
Social media ethics for journalists 10 Jul 2012 | 01:53 am
If I had to sum up my rules of the road for journalists on social media, I’d borrow a phrase from the physician’s Hippocratic Oath: Do no harm. Social media offers plenty of opportunities for journal...
Why journalists and media organizations should use Pinterest 7 May 2012 | 11:58 pm
Why should journalists and media organizations take note of Pinterest? Simple. Women love it. In case you’ve been under a rock, Pinterest is an online pinboard for expressing yourself by pinning phot...
News organizations: Think like your readers 26 Jan 2012 | 10:23 am
I have new duty to add to journalists’ jobs: Imagine how readers will use the information news organizations disseminate. In the past, it was enough to gather the information, accurately explain it, ...
