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		<title>Journalism education is dated</title>
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Some colleagues and I sat on a panel last week at Coe College in Cedar Rapids.  We were there ostensibly to talk about online reporting, but we spent a lot of time talking about how journalism is changing on a large scale.
Instructor Jane Nesmith and her students were most welcoming, but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=contentninja.wordpress.com&blog=3129597&post=160&subd=contentninja&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The gospel according to social media</title>
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Content Ninja is taking the evangelizing on the road.
@jenneumann and @HeatherMSmith have asked me to join them in a presentation next week for the Chamber Academy, a B2B series sponsored by the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce.
We&#8217;ll be talking about why businesses need to get involved with social media and how [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=contentninja.wordpress.com&blog=3129597&post=156&subd=contentninja&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://contentninja.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/the-gospel-according-to-social-media/</link>
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		<title>Lost and found</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the weekend, I saw the trailer for the new &#8220;Lost Boys&#8221; movie.

It made me laugh for two reasons:
1) I&#8217;m now old enough that the &#8220;creative&#8221; machine in Hollywood is revisiting the movie franchises of my youth. (1987 for original film. I was an undergrad.)
2) Corey Feldman. He still looks 12. What&#8217;s he ingesting these [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=contentninja.wordpress.com&blog=3129597&post=151&subd=contentninja&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://contentninja.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/lost-and-found/</link>
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		<title>Be a blog star, or at least link to one</title>
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Friend and former cohort in news Tracy Pratt asked me this week for some tips and best practices on blogging to share with a blogger from the community that she&#8217;s recruiting. I pounded out a bullet list in no time. It also got me thinking about all the blog newbies I know. So [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=contentninja.wordpress.com&blog=3129597&post=144&subd=contentninja&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://contentninja.wordpress.com/2008/12/19/be-a-blog-star-or-at-least-link-to-one/</link>
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		<title>Building a social media toolbox</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As promised, here are some recommendations for getting started in social media.
You certainly don&#8217;t have to take my word for it. You could spend days, literally, letting search engines put you in touch with other bloggers who have written good things on this topic. (See what Zemanta found below for starters.) So begin here, or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=contentninja.wordpress.com&blog=3129597&post=133&subd=contentninja&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://contentninja.wordpress.com/2008/12/16/building-a-social-media-toolbox/</link>
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		<title>Social media is not 1 size fits all</title>
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We&#8217;re getting serious finally about big change fast, and I&#8217;m being asked a lot about finding the value in social tools and how to manage the noise.
The key point to remember is that social media is not one size fits all. What works for me, the company president or your nephew [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=contentninja.wordpress.com&blog=3129597&post=130&subd=contentninja&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://contentninja.wordpress.com/2008/12/15/social-media-is-not-1-size-fits-all/</link>
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		<title>Crunchberry Project rolls forward</title>
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Word came Friday that the Crunchberry Project application for a Knight Foundation News Challenge grant is moving forward to the next step in the application process.
This doesn&#8217;t mean that we get a grant. It means I get to fill out a longer application. :) Due date is Nov. 30. Winners won&#8217;t be announced, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=contentninja.wordpress.com&blog=3129597&post=127&subd=contentninja&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://contentninja.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/crunchberry-project-rolls-forward/</link>
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		<title>Frontier optimism</title>
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Is the vision just crazy talk? We talk about being digital first, separating content from product and fostering relationships with and among our communities, but c&#8217;mon. Can we really change the world from Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, Iowa? Can one little ol&#8217; regional paper stumble upon a solution to the newspaper industry&#8217;s woes?
Maybe we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=contentninja.wordpress.com&blog=3129597&post=125&subd=contentninja&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://contentninja.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/frontier-optimism/</link>
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		<title>Embrace the disruption and win the war</title>
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Brit Paul Bradshaw attended the Society of Editors 08 meeting in the United Kingdom recently and posted at his Online Journalism Blog video of Michael Rosenblum&#8217;s presentation.
Rosenblum is a former CBS news producer turned independent video journalist.  Bradshaw presents Rosenblum in three videos, totalling roughly 20 minutes. Yes, it&#8217;s linear video, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=contentninja.wordpress.com&blog=3129597&post=122&subd=contentninja&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://contentninja.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/embrace-the-disruption-and-win-the-war/</link>
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		<title>Shameless begging</title>
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Please pardon me for being needy.
I&#8217;ve been awfully quiet this week, and when I show up it&#8217;s to ask you for something. We&#8217;re applying for a Knight News Challenge grant to help fund Phase II of the Crunchberry Project. The Medill students graduate in December, and there isn&#8217;t time for them [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=contentninja.wordpress.com&blog=3129597&post=115&subd=contentninja&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://contentninja.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/shameless-begging/</link>
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