KSL social media director offers PR students view of new marketplace
Sunday, February 12th, 2012 Posted in Opinion | 2 Comments »By Allie Jeppson LOGAN–Twitter and Facebook are no longer just ways to enhance your personal life—they are ingredients to successful businesses, says the new director of social media at KSL TV in Salt Lake City. Natalie Wardel told a full house of ...
National Public Radio Ombudsman Speaks on ‘Promise & Perils’ of Internet Age
Saturday, October 2nd, 2010 Posted in Arts and Life | Comments Off on National Public Radio Ombudsman Speaks on ‘Promise & Perils’ of Internet AgeShepard explains how to balance instant information, free expression and journalistic credibility LOGAN—An “ombudsman” is charged with handling concerns about an organization. In Alicia C. Shepard’s case, that means answering public complaints about the news. Shepard, ombudsman for National Public Radio in ...
Tweeters meet and connect with real-time truck crash
Monday, September 20th, 2010 Posted in Opinion | Comments Off on Tweeters meet and connect with real-time truck crashBy Jakob Asplund LOGAN—As members of the Social Media Club of Cache Valley got together for a “Tweet-Up” last week, the lights flickered and urgent tweets about a semi-truck crash and fire down the road in Providence started hitting dozens of ...
Twitter’s social networking strengths are a boon for journalists
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 Posted in Arts and Life | Comments Off on Twitter’s social networking strengths are a boon for journalistsBy Dan Fawson LOGAN--Immediately following Brigham Young University football quarterback Max Hall’s now infamous post-game press conference after the Nov. 28 win over archrival University of Utah, in which Hall expressed his hate for, and deemed classless, everyone associated in any ...