Category Archives: BizJ

#ASNEchat on the best free or inexpensive online training.

I was asked to join a panel of newsroom trainers to talk about journalism training and answer questions about what journalists want, need and can find inexpensively, primarily on the web.

Panelists: Charles Apple, freelance journalist and blogger; Matt DeRienzo, Journal Register Co.; Howard Finberg, Poynter; Deborah Gump, Middle Tennessee State University; Evelyn Hsu, Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education and Robin Phillips, Reynolds Center for Business Journalism.

It was a lot of fun and very informative. Here’s a Storify including the chat’s highlights. Lots of good tips here:

Newsroom Training, #ASNEchat, Nov. 8, 2011

Here’s the full collection of #ASNEchat Storify archives.

And Steve Buttry has pulled together an extensive list of Resources for Training Journalists.

PHOENIX – While it might seem like the News of the World phone-hacking scandal is limited to Europe, it could be just a matter of time before we start seeing effects of it here in the U.S.
Robin Phillips, the Web managing editor for the Reynolds Center for Business Journalism at Arizona State University, sat down to discuss the issue with Tara Hitchcock. | Full story: Local expert breaks down News of the World scandal and its effects in the U.S.

I enjoyed the process of getting ready for this interview and felt good going through it — not always an easy thing for we print journalists. We’re not used to being in the spotlight, or coming across as “experts.”

After talking with a few others today about how being on TV can be unnerving, I wrote this blog post to share what I learned: Print to TV: Lessons from the set of Good Morning Arizona

It was a good week. Thanks, Jason.

I taught six webinars this week, two each: Social Media 01 (the basics), Social Media 202 (tips for journalists using social media as a research tool), and Social Media 303 (cutting through the clutter).

The sessions were very popular and well received. And it looks like Jason, put it to work immediately.

Want to watch recordings of the three webinars? Check them out here at the website of my day job.

BusinessJournalism.org: Social Media 101, 202, 303: Self-guided training

U.S. business journalists express confidence in journalism’s future

We got some great buzz on the release of our research into the confidence of U.S. business editors and reporters.

Almost two-thirds of business journalists report that the amount of business coverage at their organization has stayed the same or increased in the past five years, according to a new survey commissioned by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism.

The results were far more optimistic than we anticipated. And they suggested that newsrooms, at least the business desks, are not as gloomy as journalists have been suggesting.

Romenesko column

Among the findings:

• Six out of 10 are doing more or about the same level of investigative journalism.
• Nine out of 10 have learned new skills.
• Three-fourths say their workload has increased and they use social media.
• About half blog, file first for the Web and cover more beats.

asu news Business journalists optimistic about journalism’s future

Survey: Business Journalists Are .. Optimistic?

It was a lot of fun to put together this package. The report, five quick questions answered by Reynolds President Andrew Leckey, a slideshow of the Q&As, and an analysis from journalism professor Tim McGuire.

Take a look. Enjoy.

PRNewswire:  U.S. Business Journalists Express Confidence in Journalism’s Future