by Martha SpizziriASBPE Web Editor Even some B2B editors who were initially skeptical about social media sites are finding, to their own surprise, that they can be useful even for niche publications like the ones we serve. The … read more
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Want to Learn HTML? Get Your Feet Wet
By Martha Spizziri ASBPE Web Editor Chances are you’ve felt a bit frustrated from time to time by not knowing at least a little HTML code. Maybe you were posting a comment to a blog, but didn’t know … read more
Don’t Let Your Best Work Be Overlooked
By Martha SpizziriASBPE Web Editor “[The niche media are] generally not involved in watchdog, exposé journalism that by its very existence is a check on malfeasance.” When he hears statements like that, ASBPE president Steven Roll bristles a … read more
Nieman Foundation Offers Journalism Awards, Fellowships, Conference
By Martha SpizziriASBPE Web Editor Following is information received from the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. Awards The Nieman Foundation will present two journalism awards early next year: The Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism. The Nieman … read more
Cast Your Vote: Which Twitterers Should B2B Editors Follow?
By Martha SpizziriASBPE Web Editor Who’s on Twitter that B2B editors and journalists should be following? Let us know, and we’ll post the top 10 responses here in a week or so. Here are some of our picks, … read more
Highlights from New-Media Webinar
By Martha SpizziriASBPE Web Editor “Anyone can launch a media brand. The time is right now, especially because buying behavior has changed.” That’s the judgment of Joe Pulizzi, who copresented the ASBPE webinar “A B2B Journalist’s Guide to … read more
Find Top B2B Blog Entries on B2B Tomorrow
By Martha SpizziriASBPE Web Editor B2B Tomorrow uses technology provided by SocialRank to monitor business-to-business web sites and find the most popular posts and the most popular B2B blogs overall. Top posts recently include Is You Tube Inappropriate … read more
Upcoming Journalism Training
By Martha SpizziriASBPE Web Editor It’s right around the corner, but there’s still time to register for Media Bistro’s online course Reinventing Print Content for the Web. The class, which starts Monday, June 2, is aimed specifically at … read more
Web 2.0 in Plain English
By Martha SpizziriASBPE Web Editor Still confused by RSS? Not sure what social bookmarking is or why people would want to use it? The folks at Common Craft can help you out. They’ve produced a series of videos … read more
Online Training: Fact Checking and Managing Change
By Martha SpizziriASBPE Web Editor Two online training programs have recently caught my eye: Tomorrow afternoon, News University is offering a one-hour webinar titled Managing Change: Five Steps to Success. Topics to be addressed include (direct quote from … read more