A story in the New York Times describes a teenager who created his own social media niche with his love for basketball, his desire to connect, and his instinctive work ethic. It’s somewhat of a

Recently at KEMPA’s Winter Adviser’s conference, JEA president Mark Newton spoke about the TOP FIVE. Top Five what? you may ask. Well, the Top Five everything journalism & advising. Mark encouraged us to make a top-five

Are journalism educators asking the right questions about digital and social media? How do we know when we engage readers? How do we encourage interaction? Do teachers crave feedback and fear silence? If you knew

If your staff is online and hasn’t yet discovered Storify, do. Like, now. If social media is the ultimate source of mined community data, Storify is the pre-designed bow around the gift that keeps on

More and more student publications are trying out Twitter and other social media venues to publicize their work and engage with their audience. It takes time to develop this online presence. As students develop

The first thing you need to do is login to your Facebook account, go to your page, and click on the “See All” link in your Admins box on the right column. Adding multiple administrator

If you’re looking to pitch your school or district on moving online, this is a post that’s going to make you pretty happy. Dennis Brown, veteran adviser at Huntley High School in Huntley, Illinois,

Facebook is fast becoming a necessity for many journalism programs. Many publications create groups to quickly share information between staff, while other use Facebook pages to advertise their publications and to engage their audience. One

In a recent New York Times article, the ubiquity of company’s searches of job applicants’ on-line images is made crystal clear. I wonder if my students really understand the consequences, especially in their twenty-something futures,