Clarion-Ledger’s Jerry Mitchell uses social media to share content and ideas

How do you use social media at your job? Which platforms do you like best? Why? “I use both Facebook and Twitter. I like Twitter best. [It is] nice to be able to tweet out thoughts, ideas, headlines, etc. I tweet every day. What I like about Twitter is how fast it is.” Jerry Mitchell, [...]

Denver Post society editor uses social media to share content

Q: How do you use social media at your job? Which platforms do you like best? Why? “I do use social media quite a bit, mostly Facebook and Twitter. They are my choices because of the ease of use and the number of people who pay attention to them. Facebook, especially, brings immediate response/feedback, which [...]

Waltham News Tribune editor uses social media to connect with readers

How do you use social media at work? “I’m essentially on Twitter all day, even if passively checking every once in a while some days just to make sure there isn’t any major breaking news I should be aware of. Through my own personal feed (@A_Merritt) and my newspaper’s feed (@WalthamNewsTrib), I will comment on [...]

Bicycling gear editor uses social media to generate discussion & promote content

Q: How do you use social media? “At Bicycling, we use social media to help draw readers to our website, Bicycling.com. In the cycling space, we have a nearly-unmatched staff of writers who cover everything from fitness and training to technology to professional-level racing. Our website covers all of that, and we use social media [...]

Freelance science writer uses social media to get story ideas and promote articles

Q: How do you use social media? Which platforms do you like best? Why? “The social media platforms I use most are Twitter and Facebook. I’m a longtime Facebook fan, and since I joined Twitter about three years ago, have sent all my tweets through to Facebook. Maybe this is a social media no-no to [...]

Burlington Times-News editor uses social media for engagement & info

How do use social media at your job? “Social media has become an integral part of what we do every day at the Burlington Times-News. We use Twitter and Facebook to reach out to our audience by supplying updated stories, asking questions and using polls. We try to engage users by posting regularly on both [...]

N.C. editor uses social media to get story ideas/sources

Q: How do you use social media? Which platforms to you like best? I’m the FB administrator for the HDR, so I check and update our [Facebook] page multiple times daily. I post questions, respond to questions and comments. I’m also on the lookout for story ideas. Tweetdeck is always on, as I monitor breaking [...]

Ohio real estate reporter uses social media to connect

Q: How do you use social media at your job? Which platforms do you like best? Why? “My paper has Twitter (@DBJnews) and Facebook accounts and each reporter maintains a company Twitter account. Since we are a weekly publication, those accounts better enable us to break news daily and keep our readers informed. As a [...]

Arizona’s KUPD-FM covers all its social media bases

Q: How do you use social media at your station? Which platforms do you like best and why? “Social media is an important way to stay interactive with our audience. Every handheld device, laptop, desktop, the latest iWhatever has a way for our listeners to correspond directly with our air staff, get information on our [...]

Breathe Magazine editor uses social media to reach her audience

Q: How do you use social media at your publication? Which platforms do you like best? “I use Twitter and Facebook every day for Breathe Magazine. We have a Pinterest account too, but I’m not very active on it. The great thing about social media is the ability to link them up, so I can [...]

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