Reporter @ Dallas Morning News
 The Dallas Morning News, a 370,000-circulation daily newspaper in Texas, seeks a reporter to cover community news for print publications and online. According to the ad, the reporter will "report concise, community-centric stories across multiple media platforms, including neighborsgo.com, The News’ social-media Web site, and neighborsgo, the weekly print newspaper published by The News. The ideal candidate will write daily stories and focus community coverage in a weekly print product as if it’s a direct conversation with readers. Excellent sourcing/reporting/blogging skills, strong news judgment and ability to aggregate relevant local news from a variety of sources to engage and connect with readers in a timely way are required. Video, photo shooting/editing skills are a plus." Apply online. Location: Dallas, Texas Labels: community_news, Dallas, Dallas_Morning_News, journalismjobs, multimedia, multimedia_reporter, neighborsgo_com, social_networking, Texas, website
Free webcast today: using LinkedIn for journalism
 Columbia University's journalism school this afternoon is holding a free e-seminar on how journalists can use LinkedIn more effectively. The event will be webcast live from 3:30-4:30 p.m. EST. The session will deal with variety of issues including how journalists can use LinkedIn in their day-to-day work, and how to use it as an effective job hunting tool. Speakers include Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek senior technology writer; Jason Alba, author of I'm on LinkedIn, Now What? - A Guide to Getting the Most Out of LinkedIn and CEO of JibberJobber, a jobs search service; and Kay Luo, senior director of corporate communication of LinkedIn. The session will be moderated by Sree Sreenivasan, a new media professor at Columbia. You can listen live or, later, to a recording by clicking here. Listeners can call in with their questions (or listen live) at 1-646-915-9583. And before or after the session you can leave a comment or ask a question in the comments section of http://columbianm.blogspot.com/2009/01/webcast-linkedin-for-journalists-or.html or e-mail sree[at]sree.net (In the subject, write "webcast"). Labels: Columbia_journalism_school, Columbus, journalism_seminar, LinkedIn, multimedia, new_media, social_networking, Sree_Sreenivasan, webcast
PBS seeks journalism students to blog
The PBS Mediashift blog is looking for college journalism students to write occasional blog posts dealing with the impact of new media and information technology. Additionally, Mediashift is also looking for correspondents to write about the following topics: * Digital music
* Online video
* Social networking
* Books
* Regions: Asia, India, South America, Australia, Europe Labels: blog, bloggers, blogging, college_journalists, digital_music, information_technology, Mediashift, music_writer, new_media, online_journalism, PBS, social_networking
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