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Nov. 30 deadline for Kiplinger Digital Media Fellowship
Are you a journalist who would love to spend a full week immersed in learning new digital tools? If that sounds appealing, apply today for a free Kiplinger Digital Media Fellowship at The Ohio State University.
Deadline: Nov. 30. See full details on our Kiplinger Program website.
Here's what our 25 Fellows will accomplish during a full week on campus -- learning from the best in the business from across the country:
* Ramp up their social media game. Master new strategies and tools for finding sources, backgrounding people and companies, covering breaking news and engaging with your audience.
* Learn how to shoot compelling video on a smart phone.
* Overcome your fear of numbers by mastering key spreadsheet skills. Enter a new world of searchable and interactive online information that's easier than you think.
In addition to a week of free training, Kiplinger Fellows also receive a travel stipend, hotel accommodations and most meals.
Check out this three-minute video for sights, sounds and lessons learned during the 2012 Kiplinger Fellowship:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=setiaT0SaRI
Nov. 30 deadline for Kiplinger Digital Media Fellowship
Are you a journalist who would love to spend a full week immersed in learning new digital tools? If that sounds appealing, apply today for a free Kiplinger Digital Media Fellowship at The Ohio State University.
Deadline: Nov. 30. See full details on our Kiplinger Program website.
Here's what our 25 Fellows will accomplish during a full week on campus -- learning from the best in the business from across the country:
* Ramp up their social media game. Master new strategies and tools for finding sources, backgrounding people and companies, covering breaking news and engaging with your audience.
* Learn how to shoot compelling video on a smart phone.
* Overcome your fear of numbers by mastering key spreadsheet skills. Enter a new world of searchable and interactive online information that's easier than you think.
In addition to a week of free training, Kiplinger Fellows also receive a travel stipend, hotel accommodations and most meals.
Check out this three-minute video for sights, sounds and lessons learned during the 2012 Kiplinger Fellowship:
Social media leaders from Twitter, LinkedIn, Gannett, The New York Times, ABC News and more will converge on Columbus for a two-day workshop Nov. 13-14. Full information about the Social Media Summit at Ohio State University is available on the Eventbrite registration page.
Rock stars of social media
Social media leaders from Twitter, LinkedIn, Gannett, The New York Times, ABC News and more will converge on Columbus for a two-day workshop Nov. 13-14. Full information about the Social Media Summit at Ohio State University is available on the Eventbrite registration page.
President Obama rallies the Oval
A crowd of 15,000 greeted President Obama for a rally on the Oval at The Ohio State University. The rally also featured musician will.i.am, former U.S. Senator John Glenn, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman and others.
Prepping for the Social Media Summit
By Doug Haddix
Director, Kiplinger Program | Ohio State University
The Rock Stars of Social Media. Thatâs what Iâve dubbed our lineup of speakers heading to Columbus for our Social Media Summit on Nov. 13-14. Rarely do all of these industry leaders gather for one event. It promises to be a whirlwind of practical tips, strategies and resources.
Our rock stars come from Twitter, LinkedIn, ABC News, The New York Times, Gannett, Digital First Media, the Reynolds Center for Business Journalism, and the Investigative News Network. See the full schedule and online registration for the conference, which costs just $50 for both days, thanks to generous funding from the Kiplinger Foundation.
Rock stars, of course, like to party (and network). So, weâll sponsor a happy-hour event each day for speakers and workshop participants.
Putting together a workshop of this magnitude takes a lot of partners. The Kiplinger Program is co-sponsoring the event with the Central Ohio SPJ Pro Chapter. Our SPJ friends are helping with planning, promotion, registration, photography and more.
Weâve created an OSU Summit blog, where weâll share highlights, photos, and resources during and after the workshop. Ohio State University students and SPJ members will blog during the summit. In addition, participants will be able to post reports and photos to the blog as an experiment in crowdsourcing.
No social media event could be complete without a hashtag. Ours will be #kipcamp, a Twitter channel monitored by Kiplinger Program alums and others around the world.
Weâd love to have you join us on campus. If thatâs not possible, we invite you to tune in via (of course) social media.
Prepping for the Social Media Summit
By Doug Haddix
Director, Kiplinger Program | Ohio State University
The Rock Stars of Social Media. Thatâs what Iâve dubbed our lineup of speakers heading to Columbus for our Social Media Summit on Nov. 13-14. Rarely do all of these industry leaders gather for one event. It promises to be a whirlwind of practical tips, strategies and resources.
Our rock stars come from Twitter, LinkedIn, ABC News, The New York Times, Gannett, Digital First Media, the Reynolds Center for Business Journalism, and the Investigative News Network. See the full schedule and online registration for the conference, which costs just $50 for both days, thanks to generous funding from the Kiplinger Foundation.
Rock stars, of course, like to party (and network). So, weâll sponsor a happy-hour event each day for speakers and workshop participants.
Obama and the Oval
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The Oval at The Ohio State University is buzzing as workers prepare for a rally tomorrow featuring President Obama and musical artist will.i.am.
Cool tools to cover campaigns
By Doug Haddix
Kiplinger Program director
A new mobile app called Ad Hawk created a buzz this weekend during an IRE Election Watchdog Workshop at The Ohio State University. Itâs an amazing new public service offered by the nonpartisan Sunlight Foundation in Washington, D.C.
Hereâs how it works: When you hear a campaign commercial on TV, radio or the Web, open the Ad Hawk app and press a button on a retro TV logo that says âIdentify this ad.â Using a short digital footprint from the recording, the app searches the Sunlight Foundationâs database. If you get a hit, the app gives you information immediately about the sponsor, money received or spent, news reports about the group or ad, and where the ad is airing.
For example, I played a YouTube video of an ad featuring Olympic athletes talking about Mitt Romneyâs role in the 2002 Salt Lake City games. Ad Hawk identified the adâs sponsor as Restore Our Future, a super PAC supporting Romney. Ad Hawk reported that Restore Our Future has raised nearly $90 million and spent more than $82 million already. All of this in less than a minute on my cellphone. The free app is available for iPhone and Android.
Sunlightâs editorial director, Bill Allison, demonstrated Ad Hawk during the IRE workshop, which attracted nearly 40 journalists and other communicators. Presentations from several speakers are available for download online at MediaFire. Check out our slideshow from the event (photos by Beth Gianforcaro, central Ohio SPJ):
Another cool Sunlight tool is called Politwoops. This fun site captures and describes tweets that politicians shared â then quickly deleted. The tweets donât include routine typos and corrections, Allison said.
Beyond those tools, Sunlight has expanded its projects tracking influence, legislation, lobbyists and campaign cash. Check out Sunlightâs Projects page for full descriptions.
Equally impressive is the amazing array of free services offered by the Center for Responsive Politics at its Open Secrets website. The centerâs money-in-politics reporter, Russ Choma, demonstrated ways to search interest groups, PACs and campaign cash. Open Secrets has added features such as Heavy Hitters, where you can see summaries for top company and individual donors.
With the Get Local! search tool, you can search campaign contributions by state or ZIP code. When I typed in my ZIP (43065), I discovered that more than $500,000 has been donated during the 2012 campaign cycle â about 11 times as much as the average ZIP code. Tabs across the top of the search results show the top contributors and recipients of the campaign cash.
For tracking bills in Congress, including a prognosis for passage, Choma recommended the GovTrack.US site.
During the presidential campaign this fall, voters actually will experience a lot of different campaigns, according to Derek Willis of The New York Times. Thatâs because campaigns are mining data in creative new ways to micro-target different audiences with direct mail, email and other messages. That makes coverage more challenging for reporters. âAs a newsroom, we have no idea how a lot of people are experiencing the campaign,â Willis said.
For instance, a voter who has a subscription to a hunting magazine might be targeted with direct mail and robo-calls focusing on Second Amendment gun rights, while his next-door neighbor might receive separate ads based on different demographic information.
While many reporters focus on campaign contributions, Willis likes to look carefully at spending. That can offer insight into a campaignâs tactics and strategies. Where are they actually spending money? How much is going to TV vs. direct mail? What expenses look out of the ordinary?
Willis has gathered a variety of links and resources for covering campaigns on a Pinboard page.
Other speakers at the workshop included: Darrel Rowland, public affairs editor of The Columbus Dispatch; Paul Beck, Ohio State University professor; and Megan Luther, IRE training director.
Campaign workshop in Columbus
We're excited about hosting an IRE Election Watchdog Workshop on Ohio Stateâs campus later this month. Itâs not just for reporters covering the campaigns this fall at the national, state and local levels. The daylong workshop will benefit anyone who wants to dig into campaign donations, super PACs and political trends that affect a variety of beats. Because politics and government intersect every beat, journalists who become adept at following the political cash will have an edge on their competition.
Investigative Reporters and Editors is hosting only three of these workshops nationally: Columbus, Denver and Miami.
Here are the details: (please share with others who might be interested)
Date: Saturday, Aug. 25
Where:Â Ohio Union, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Cost: $30 (includes one-year IRE membership or extension of your current membership â a $70 value)
Speakers:
Derek Willis, The New York Times, interactive news developer, @derekwillis
Bill Allison, The Sunlight Foundation, @billallison
Darrel Rowland, The Columbus Dispatch, public affairs editor, Dispatch Politics
Russ Choma, Center for Responsive Politics, @russchoma
Megan Luther, IRE training director, @meganluther
Paul Beck, Ohio State University, national political expert, bio
Campaign workshop in Columbus
We're excited about hosting an IRE Election Watchdog Workshop on Ohio Stateâs campus later this month. Itâs not just for reporters covering the campaigns this fall at the national, state and local levels. The daylong workshop will benefit anyone who wants to dig into campaign donations, super PACs and political trends that affect a variety of beats. Because politics and government intersect every beat, journalists who become adept at following the political cash will have an edge on their competition.
Investigative Reporters and Editors is hosting only three of these workshops nationally: Columbus, Denver and Miami.
Here are the details: (please share with others who might be interested)
Date: Saturday, Aug. 25
Where: Ohio Union, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Cost: $30 (includes one-year IRE membership or extension of your current membership â a $70 value)
Speakers:
Derek Willis, The New York Times, interactive news developer, @derekwillis
Bill Allison, The Sunlight Foundation, @billallison
Darrel Rowland, The Columbus Dispatch, public affairs editor, Dispatch Politics
Russ Choma, Center for Responsive Politics, @russchoma
Megan Luther, IRE training director, @meganluther
Paul Beck, Ohio State University, national political expert, bio
Optional hands-on spreadsheet training: Friday, Aug. 24, 1-4:30 p.m. Ohio Union ($30 additional fee)
Full details and registration: http://www.ire.org/events-and-training/event/520/
Deadline to register online: Aug. 16 (you also can register on the day of the event).
Hope to see you on campus soon!
Use 'design thinking' to jump-start creativity
By Doug Haddix
Kiplinger Program director
Outside-the-box design thinking can help newsrooms find ways to meet the changing needs of audiences. Thatâs the message from Justin Ferrell, a 2012 John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University.
In a new Kiplinger Program webinar, Ferrell discusses how to shake up your thinking, apply design tactics to new services or products, and brainstorm creatively and effectively. A 45-minute highlight video from the live webinar is available for free online. The webinar was held using Google Hangouts on Air technology. To see the slides clearly, watch the video with a quality setting of 360p or 480p.
Ferrell is on leave from The Washington Post, where he has led the team responsible for the design of the newspaperâs website and mobile site. Among his many honors: designing the investigative project âAngler: The Cheney Vice Presidency,â which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. Check out his full bio.
Use 'design thinking' to jump-start creativity
By Doug Haddix
Kiplinger Program director
Outside-the-box design thinking can help newsrooms find ways to meet the changing needs of audiences. Thatâs the message from Justin Ferrell, a 2012 John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University.
In a new Kiplinger Program webinar, Ferrell discusses how to shake up your thinking, apply design tactics to new services or products, and brainstorm creatively and effectively. A 45-minute highlight video from the live webinar is available for free online. The webinar was held using Google Hangouts on Air technology. To see the slides clearly, watch the video with a quality setting of 360p or 480p.
Ferrell is on leave from The Washington Post, where he has led the team responsible for the design of the newspaperâs website and mobile site. Among his many honors: designing the investigative project âAngler: The Cheney Vice Presidency,â which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. Check out his full bio.
Tweets from the 2012 IRE conference
By Doug Haddix
Kiplinger Program director
Nearly 3,500 tweets are captured in the spreadsheet posted below from the 2012 annual conference of Investigative Reporters and Editors, held this year in Boston. The spreadsheet was produced using a tool called The Archivist, which captures tweets before they disappear. The free tool may not be a comprehensive sweep of every tweet during the conference, but it appears to have captured most of what I saw in real time.
Based on this pool, the most active tweeter during the conference appeared to be @Coloradoan_TH (Reporter Trevor from Fort Collins) with 70 tweets, followed by @BradMGM (Brad Harper of Montgomery, Ala.) with 67 tweets, and @WatchdogDiva (IRE board member Mc Nelly Torres of the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting) with 65.
Because the conference program listed two possible hashtags, I searched using #IRE12 and #IRE2012. Next year, it would be advisable to pick one hashtag in advance and promote it widely, eliminating the problem of attendees missing an entire stream of tweets!
Tweets_IRE12_or_IRE2012.xlsx Download this file
Tweets from the 2012 IRE conference
By Doug Haddix
Kiplinger Program director
Nearly 3,500 tweets are captured in the spreadsheet posted below from the 2012 annual conference of Investigative Reporters and Editors, held this year in Boston. The spreadsheet was produced using a tool called The Archivist, which captures tweets before they disappear. The free tool may not be a comprehensive sweep of every tweet during the conference, but it appears to have captured most of what I saw in real time.
Based on this pool, the most active tweeter during the conference appeared to be @Coloradoan_TH (Reporter Trevor from Fort Collins) with 70 tweets, followed by @BradMGM (Brad Harper of Montgomery, Ala.) with 67 tweets, and @WatchdogDiva (IRE board member Mc Nelly Torres of the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting) with 65.
Because the conference program listed two possible hashtags, I searched using #IRE12 and #IRE2012. Next year, it would be advisable to pick one hashtag in advance and promote it widely, eliminating the problem of attendees missing an entire stream of tweets!
To download the full spreadsheet so that it's easier to read, please use the download button below this image:
Tweets_IRE12_or_IRE2012.xlsx Download this file