Events
#EIJ12 | Day One, Sept. 20
Catch up on what you may have missed during the first day of Excellence in Journalism 2012 in Fort Lauderdale. Find some resources from Day One workshops, too.
- EIJ12 started Thursday, Sept. 20, with half- and full-day workshops and concluded with a talk on digital journalism and social media from Sree Sreenivasan.
- Video Storytelling Bootcamp with Al Tompkins from The Poynter Institute and Les Rose, photojournalist of CBS News, Los Angeles
As #journalists we have to be cover what is interesting as well as what is important. #EIJ12 @atompkins "the world is an interesting place"
Indeed. MT @MsMatthews2U: @atompkins: "Don't waste my time. A big sin in storytelling is to waste people's time." #spj #EIJ12
“ALWAYS shoot on the shadow side.” More flattering and gives more depth. @atompkins & Les demonstrate #EIJ12 http://pic.twitter.com/k2lCJ1sn- Tracking Companies' Influence on Politics with The New York Times' Ron Nixon
- Great Bosses Bootcamb with Jill Geisler of Poynter
@JillGeisler asks bosses tough question: When is the last time you inspired someone? #eij12- The pros @JillGeisler & @smlibin role-playing @RTDNA #SPJ #EIJ12. twitpic.com/awni4a twitpic.com/awni8p
- @JillGeisler: Bosses need more than basic j skills. Being good at twitter means nothing if can't tie it to strategic plan #copyeditors
Encouragement is feedback! It's acknowledgment. Don't have a missed opportunity to praise - @JillGeisler #EIJ12- SPJ had a board meeting and will have another on Sunday.
- Sree's super session was the big event of the first day, and we have a collection of lessons from his talk:
Sree Sreenivasan opened the Excellence in Journalism conference Thursday, Sept. 20 with a super session on digital journalism and social media. The conference, co-hosted by SPJ and the Radio Television Digital News Association, runs from Sept. 20 to 22 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
- More from that session:
