My so-called digital life
11:42 am
Thu May 23, 2013

A Peek Inside Keith Jenkins' Digital Life

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Keith Jenkins

People involved in public media share how they wade through the digital news deluge. This month we spoke with Keith Jenkins, supervising senior producer for multimedia at NPR.

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Newsletter
10:46 am
Thu May 23, 2013

May Newsletter: Station Spotlight on WABE and Training Updates

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Dennis O’Hayer Tries Comedy

Ahh May, the month of mothers, flowers, World Press Freedom, the Kentucky Derby and… of course news training. We love hearing about your adventures in digital storytelling. Since sharing is caring, send us an email about your endeavors, and we may feature you in a future newsletter.

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Social Media Marketing
2:47 pm
Tue May 21, 2013

5 Lessons from WABE's Most Successful Pledge Drive (Ever)

What if Steve Goss were a Kindergarten Teacher?

WABE’s latest pledge drive resulted in 15,393 pledges and $2 million. The results weren’t a coincidence – WABE’s staff tried some new things and had a smart plan to get their listeners and readers pledging away. After noting their huge success, we asked Jason Parker, WABE digital media strategist, how it all happened. Here are five (ok six) lessons Jason shared.*

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Training
5:13 pm
Fri May 3, 2013

Webinar: Cover Relevant, Local Topics With Aggregation Techniques

Aggregation is just another word for using your resources wisely. The technique can be used on all types of stories ranging from weather to politics to breaking news.

In this webinar, we cover the basic requirements for aggregation on the web, how to find visuals to accompany aggregated posts, and how to make YouTube's search functions work for you when looking for videos for your site.

Training
10:10 am
Fri May 3, 2013

Your Guide to #NPRKnight Social Media Training

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Time to Tweet

Welcome to the social media part of our training! This page has everything you need to guide you through the next three weeks, so bookmark it, and email Teresa if you have any questions at tgorman@npr.org. 

The next three weeks will focus on the practical ways you can use social media for reporting, audience growth, story mining and content creation. 

May 6-10

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Photograhy
10:22 am
Thu April 25, 2013

The Elements of Photography and Visual Storytelling

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Capturing THE moment while on assignment.

In this webinar, multimedia trainer Kainaz Amaria, takes you on a photographic journey from understanding the fundamentals visual storytelling to what makes a good image and how you can make (not take) better portraits.

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Local Stories Project
3:16 pm
Wed April 24, 2013

Six Tips for Creating Shareable, Local Content

The Local Stories Project is a testing ground for understanding our audience and the local stories they share.

Creating digital stories that people living in your city will share and talk about doesn’t have to be complicated. 

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My so-called digital life
2:25 pm
Mon April 22, 2013

A Peek Inside Jim Hill's Digital Life

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People involved in public media share how they wade through the digital news deluge. This month we spoke with Jim Hill. Jim is the Digital Media Manager for KUNC. If his name sounds familiar, it’s because he has been a guest webinar host several times. 

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Newsletter
1:54 pm
Mon April 22, 2013

April Newsletter: Meet Steve Mulder

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Meet Steve Mulder Director of User Experience & Analytics at NPR Digital Services. 

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Newsletter
1:36 pm
Mon April 22, 2013

April Newsletter: Station Spotlight on St. Louis Public Radio and Training Updates

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In the Local Stories Project, stations from across the country share ideas and knowledge.

Ahhh April. This month we shared lessons on analytics, data journalism and launched the Local Stories Project. Our DC contingent also started life in the brand new NPR HQ.  

We love hearing about (and highlighting) your digital efforts, providing an inside look at the digital lives of our public media colleagues and offering training to help you stay on top of digital storytelling.  Have a story to share for our next newsletter? Let us know by emailing dseditorial@npr.org

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