Category Archives: T.O.W 4333

Social Media News Release Realwire defines a Social media news release as ” a press release format designed for the online media world. The press release was written with just the “press” in mind, but in the online world your … Continue reading →

Five Steps to MultiMedia Storytelling The Five Steps to MultiMedia Storytelling course was very helpful in learning how to write stories. I learned that the best stories are multi-dimensional so they need to have video, graphics, etc. Despite what we … Continue reading →

10 Ways that PR people can sometimes drive journalists crazy 1.Too many unsolicited e-mails, faxes, and phone calls. The easiest way to fix this problem is to not do these things. Journalists need to make their pitch or contact through … Continue reading →

For Immediate Release: The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #539 I listened to the April 1st podcast from The Hobson & Holtz Report and even though it was April Fool’s, they did not play any jokes but did discuss … Continue reading →

Infographics Infographics are computer generated artworks that attractively display simple tables and charts. A infograph could be useful and helpful to story for my client by presenting normally boring information in an attractive way that people will read simply because of how it’s … Continue reading →

PROpenMic  Initially, I was unfamiliar with PROpenMic until this class. I’m still exploring it, but from what I’m learning it’s a very useful tool to use as a college student and as a recent graduate. PROpenMic’s homepage shows you what the site … Continue reading →

 The Lead Lab First semester I took Journalism, so I was pretty familiar with news leads but this course was very helpful to me. I really liked how each section was broken up and they broke down the basics I … Continue reading →

My Week of Twitter This is my second time using Twitter for class, and I must say the second time around I liked it a lot better. The first time I wasn’t sure what on earth I was doing.  I … Continue reading →

I wasn’t sure what newsworthy actually meant, so I decided to look it up. Merriam-Webster dictionary defines newsworthy as anything ” interesting enough to the general public to warrant reporting.”  I think when most people hear the word “newsworthy” they … Continue reading →